Group of Inmates Will Be Allowed to Watch Eclipse After Suing New York Prison on Religious Grounds
The inmates argued that the prison forbidding them from viewing the upcoming solar eclipse was a violation of their religious rights
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The inmates argued that the prison forbidding them from viewing the upcoming solar eclipse was a violation of their religious rights
The inmates argued that the prison forbidding them from viewing the upcoming solar eclipse was a violation of their religious rights.
Six men incarcerated at a New York prison argued in a federal lawsuit that the upcoming solar eclipse holds religious significance them.
The group argued it was against their religious freedoms to be kept from seeing the spectacle
The lawsuit, filed in a New York federal court, argues that the upcoming April 8 eclipse holds religious significance to the inmates.