The state argued that though a belief in a "higher" power is stressed as a way to recovery, clients need not accept those principles to complete the program.
October 03, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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A federal judge has refused to dismiss the claim of a sex offender who is a self-described atheist that a mandated treatment program is unconstitutionally based on religious tenets contrary to his beliefs.
David McChesney’s pro se lawsuit alleging that the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) violates his First Amendment rights under the Establishment Clause should go forward, ruled Northern District Chief Judge Norman A. Mordue.
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