tommyperkins replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing
as a state agency, a board of nursing is bound by certain laws. and they are violating the constitution in a very serious way if they attach an ultimatum of attending religious exercises as a...
tommyperkins replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing
Inasmuch as someone may be mandated to AA for breaking a rule, I would suggest that they be mandated to not breaking that rule again. That's what I call a second chance, not religious coercion, which...
tommyperkins replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing
several people here have denied that aa is religious. for those of you who have not read the 12-steps here they are. a fourth grader could easily see that the steps are religious and are a detailed...
tommyperkins replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing
And just what am I denying? Also what kind of roadblocks am I throwing up? If a person wants to go to AA voluntarily the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment guarantees that person's right to...
tommyperkins replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing
the following is taken from the united states court of appeals for the second circuit: "the county also argues that forcing warner to attend alcoholics anonymous did not violate the first amendment's...
tommyperkins replied to tommyperkins's topic in General Nursing
the origianal link included hyperlinks to all sources including the following from the duke law journal: "to determine whether aa is a religion under the establishment clause, courts cannot defer to...
As long as it is your choice how and where to pray. "There goes many a ship to sea, with many hundred souls in one ship, whose weal and woe is common, and is a true picture of a commonwealth, or a...