In application of a 2004 report from the Inspector General in the Justice Department, thousands of religious books are being removed from U.S prisons. The motivation cited for the action is to barr access to materials that could “discriminate, disparage, advocate violence or radicalize.”

The Bureau of Prisons said it relied on experts to produce lists of up to 150 book titles and 150 multimedia resources for each of 20 religions or religious categories — everything from Bahaism to Yoruba. The lists will be expanded in October, and there will be occasional updates.

The Standardized Chapel Library Project is excluding works from the theologians Reinhold Niebuhr, Karl Barth and Cardinal Avery Dulles, and the influential pastor Robert H. Schuller. Read the whole article.

According to Austin360

Yes, in our very own US of A there are orphans of polygamy, a product of a cult of a cult. A spin off of the Mormon, Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ, this fundamentalist cult in Utah prescribes fear of the world as a way of life–no DVDs, internet, short-sleeve shirts, or mainstream education.

Moreover, men are required to have three wives for eternal salvation (convenient), which results in regular expulsion of teenage boys and retention of girls. Only recently did government officials realize that there have been hundreds of boys orphaned by this sect. But steps are being taken to get the boys into homes.

Read the article and weep.