Matrim55
15 Jan 2006, 01:05 AM
http://news.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060113/NEWS01/301120001/-1/CINCI
A judge gave Brett Haines a choice Friday: Go to jail or go to church.
The Anderson Township man, convicted of disorderly conduct, immediately chose six weeks of Sunday worship over 30 days in the Hamilton County Justice Center.
But there’s a catch.
Haines, who was accused of using racial slurs and threatening a black cab driver, must attend services at any one of Cincinnati’s predominantly African-American churches.
This may actually belong more to the P&CE board because it brings up some interesting seperation of church and state issues (as the article addresses), but the religous bent makes it worthy of this forum, as well.
A judge gave Brett Haines a choice Friday: Go to jail or go to church.
The Anderson Township man, convicted of disorderly conduct, immediately chose six weeks of Sunday worship over 30 days in the Hamilton County Justice Center.
But there’s a catch.
Haines, who was accused of using racial slurs and threatening a black cab driver, must attend services at any one of Cincinnati’s predominantly African-American churches.
This may actually belong more to the P&CE board because it brings up some interesting seperation of church and state issues (as the article addresses), but the religous bent makes it worthy of this forum, as well.