The Federal prison system is in manifest and egregious violation of the First Amendment guarantee of free exercise of religion. They are purging all federal libraries of religion texts not on a federally approved list. Lots of folks are crying foul. Rod Dreher. Commonweal. Both link to New York Times, which reports:
Traci Billingsley, a spokeswoman [...]
September 10, 2007
Federal Violation of the First Amendment
September 10, 2007
Arrested for a Salty Hamburger
In Union City, Georgia, a (white) cop arrested a (black) McDonald’s employee for accidentally putting too much salt on his (free) hamburger. The girl spent a night in jail, and the manager (who she says was OK with just knocking the salt off) has suspended her without pay.
I think the cops involved should be charged [...]

