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"For me and for others, asexuality helps recenter truly traditional Jesus values in our sexuality and expands the kinds of relationships that can be fostered in faith communities."
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Is âNo Sexâ Okay?
Not desiring sex isnât a failing or a flaw â it opens a window of possibilities.
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A prayer by Edwidge Danticat honoring the scope of God's presence "from time eternal."
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Creator, Healer, and Comforter
A prayer.
https://sojo.net/magazine/june-2026/creator-healer-and-comforter
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âThe denomination has to learn how to be one body. We have very diverse opinions about how everybody is against racism. But how do you recognize it? What does it look like or whatâs the tone you ought to set?â
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Why These Conservative Evangelicals Rejected Christian Nationalism
âThe denomination has to learn how to be one body. We have very diverse opinions about how everybody is against racism,â said Bill Nikides, a North Carolina-based church planter. âBut how do youâŠ
https://sojo.net/articles/news/why-these-conservative-evangelicals-rejected-christian-nationalism
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The Prison Policy Initiative reports that approximately 58 percent of incarcerated mothers in state prisons have children who are under the age of 18.
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Giving Birth While Shackled to a Bed
The United States has the highest female incarceration rate in the world. What does that mean for mothers in prison?
https://sojo.net/magazine/july-2024/giving-birth-while-shackled-bed
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"Both viewers of Willow and churchgoers can affirm the central theme offered by the show as articulated by Elora and Kit: 'Love is the most powerful force in the universe.'"
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Women, LGBTQ People Take Lead in âWillowâ ... And in Church?
Fans of the new Disney show are balking at two queer women protagonists; I see the same problem in churches.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion-culture/women-lgbtq-people-take-lead-willow-and-church
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"Instead of seeking their own betterment or using the power of the purse to gain authority or control over others, Godâs people lay down their power (their material possessions and wealth) so that those who were without could be lifted."
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Can U.S. Evangelicals Lay Down Power, Not Seek More of It?
Recovering Christian political imagination through a closer look at Pentecost.
https://sojo.net/magazine/septemberoctober-2024/can-us-evangelicals-lay-down-power-not-seek-more-it
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"Given the backlash to Black history and empowerment today â let alone to efforts to seek repair through reparations â we need to reclaim the spirit and vision behind the Freedom Summer."
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Why Civil Rights Anniversaries Should Matter to Christians
The courageous actions taken by our predecessors arenât just a milestone to celebrate with a nice speech; they reverberate through our work today.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/why-civil-rights-anniversaries-should-matter-christians
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Given the ways drag queens have been at the forefront of political and cultural change â advocating for trans rights and HIV/AIDS ministries for decades â Admans doesnât want drag culture to lose its âpolitical edge.â
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Like Drag Brunch? Try Drag Church.
âI want to be the queer elder I never had.â
https://sojo.net/magazine/june-2024/culture/drag-brunch-try-drag-church
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"Stonewall was not the beginning of their steadfastness. It was the moment the rest of the world was finally forced to see it."
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Queer Folk Have a Faith that the Church Should Admire
Inclusion is not the end. There's a difference between opening a door and recognizing the person walking through as a blessing.
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"The series is ultimately a warning to all of us that no matter where we come from, both history and faith can always be misapplied and weaponized."
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Faith, Doubt, and Murder in âUnder the Banner of Heavenâ
Does true faith look more like unbending certainty, asks a new TV series, or making peace with uncertainty?
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion-culture/faith-doubt-and-murder-under-banner-heaven
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"Gregoire hopes that writing about sex and relationships will lead to intimacy, mutuality, equality, and emotional health for couples and get churches talking about consent and abuse in marriage."
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Evangelical Marriage Advice Failed Us
A new book shows how we can rescue sex from bad theology.
https://sojo.net/magazine/february-2022/evangelical-marriage-advice-failed-us
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âIf PTSD results from being the preyâre-experiencing the feeling that something is hunting you, hurting you, trying to kill youâthen moral injury results from being the predatorâwhere you have done things to hurt people."
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When War Lives on Inside You
"If people knew what I had done..."
https://sojo.net/magazine/march-2020/when-war-lives-inside-you
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If approved by the education board, the K-8 social studies changes and the reading lists will take effect during the 2030-31 school year, reports the Texas Tribune. The board will also decide whether to phase in the social studies changes or introduce them all at once.
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Texas Set to Give Schools More Bible, Less Diversity, In Curriculum
Texas elementary and middle school students will likely see redesigned social studies and reading lessons that minimize racial, geographic, and cultural diversity while emphasizing the Bible.
https://sojo.net/articles/news/texas-set-give-schools-more-bible-less-diversity-curriculum
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"The intertwining of moral injury and trauma are destiny only if we let them be."
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âMy Sixth Great-Grandfather Bought My Sixth Great-Grandmotherâ
Revisiting my entangled and complicit family history.
https://sojo.net/magazine/septemberoctober-2020/my-sixth-great-grandfather-bought-my-sixth-great-grandmother
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"There are surely more constructive ways to mark the nationâs semiquincentennial, but in President Donald Trumpâs America, our nationâs abysmal history of discrimination is not a point of embarrassment but a point of pride."
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My Church Supported Our Cityâs Reparations Program. Trump Wants to End It
The DOJ is attacking the religious freedom of faith communities like mine who are proud supporters of Evanstonâs reparations program.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/my-church-supported-our-citys-reparations-program-trump-wants-end-it
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"Trump may want to normalize the idea of there only being two genders, but that doesnât mean Christâs body has to agree."
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5 Things Your Religious Community Can Do to Support Trans People
As the U.S. government escalates its discrimination against trans people, religious communities must escalate their support of the trans community.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/5-things-your-religious-community-can-do-support-trans-people?fbclid=IwY2xjawIHSaxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHWUVfj0ucEpPYEWKdbGvFF__IFAscnNZI3HM9gtIPscJlFH4goD2JNbFKA_aem_1DJvj6sw47ssstWCz2UyGw
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"The antidote to the self-destruction that comes with celebrity is to surround oneself with a community thatâs willing to speak truth to power."
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Why Watching âElvisâ Made Me Think of Megachurch Pastors
Rockstars â and pastors â fall victim to celebrity without the support and accountability of community.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion-culture/why-watching-elvis-made-me-think-megachurch-pastors
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"Itâs easy to get caught up in theorizing about God, but within our everyday lives reality is what matters most to the people around us."
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When Christians Love Theology More Than People
The practical application of your love is just as important as the theology behind it. Our faith is evidenced by how we treat others. Does the reality of your life reflect the theory behind yourâŠ
https://sojo.net/articles/when-christians-love-theology-more-people
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"I didnât want to become a person who ignored things that were evil; I wanted to be someone who took action to end them."
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My Church Was Right: Harry Potter Was a Threat to My Faith
Twenty-five years later, I have problems with Harry Potter and its author ... but not the ones my church warned me about.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion-culture/my-church-was-right-harry-potter-was-threat-my-faith
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The board delayed proposed changes to high school U.S. history, world history, geography and government, reports the Texas Tribune.
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Texas Set to Give Schools More Bible, Less Diversity, In Curriculum
Texas elementary and middle school students will likely see redesigned social studies and reading lessons that minimize racial, geographic, and cultural diversity while emphasizing the Bible.
https://sojo.net/articles/news/texas-set-give-schools-more-bible-less-diversity-curriculum
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The DOJ claims that Evanstonâs reparations program is ârace discrimination, pure and simple.â
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My Church Supported Our Cityâs Reparations Program. Trump Wants to End It
The DOJ is attacking the religious freedom of faith communities like mine who are proud supporters of Evanstonâs reparations program.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/my-church-supported-our-citys-reparations-program-trump-wants-end-it
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It may be a minority perspective for members of the PCA, an influential evangelical Christian denomination. But the fact that theyâre promoting those ideas at all is why some peers felt it was crucial for the denomination to study Christian nationalism and release a report.
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Why These Conservative Evangelicals Rejected Christian Nationalism
âThe denomination has to learn how to be one body. We have very diverse opinions about how everybody is against racism,â said Bill Nikides, a North Carolina-based church planter. âBut how do youâŠ
https://sojo.net/articles/news/why-these-conservative-evangelicals-rejected-christian-nationalism
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"Standing on top of Salvation Mountain, beholding the landscape and Knightâs life work, I felt how necessary it is in this world to get up and follow God without fear."
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A Man-Made Mountain Proclaiming God's Love
Salvation Mountain, flanked by military might and environmental destruction, colorfully declares the good news.
https://sojo.net/magazine/septemberoctober-2024/culture/man-made-mountain-proclaiming-gods-love
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TPS is a designation that allows migrants from countries stricken by war, natural disaster or other catastrophes to live and work in the United States while it is unsafe for them to return to their home countries.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protections for Syrians and Haitians
âOur immediate concern is what happens to these families and children should they be forced back to the dire circumstances that have long prevented their safe return,â said Krish OâMara Vignarajah,âŠ
https://sojo.net/articles/news/supreme-court-lets-trump-end-deportation-protections-syrians-and-haitians
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"God does not multiply bread / to impress us, / but to teach us / how to let go." (Ăngel Peña, 2026)
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When Bread Is Shared / Cuando el Pan Se Comparte
A poem.
https://sojo.net/magazine/june-2026/when-bread-shared-cuando-el-pan-se-comparte
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"As states increase their restrictions of Black history content in schools, Williams thinks the stories and faith of Black scientists can help inspire equity and climate activism."
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How Black History Can Inspire Climate Activism
George Washington Carver, Alice Ball, and other Black scientists help inspire faith, racial justice, and climate action.
https://sojo.net/articles/news/how-black-history-can-inspire-climate-activism
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"Organizing as a faith community can feel like a monumental task, but the first step is actually simple: Open your doors and put your bodies where your neighbors are hurting."
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My Church Opened Its Doors to Protesters. Yours Should Too
Protest support work takes strategic planning and a persistent theology of grace that reaches beyond the walls of the church.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/my-church-opened-its-doors-protesters-yours-should-too
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"'Across the Spider-Verse' explores the dangers of prioritizing systems above the people in those systems."
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âAcross the Spider-Verseâ Challenges the Idol of Sacred Stories
Miles Morales knows that any canon that relies on the exclusion of some for the good of most is evil.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion-culture/across-spider-verse-challenges-idol-sacred-stories
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CJ challenges stereotypes of what a leftist, a nonbinary person, a philosopher, and a Christian are âsupposedâ to think and look like.
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CJ the X: The Nonbinary Philosopher Shaping Gen Zâs Spiritual Imagination
From Christian Socialism to YouTube stardom, is this influencer the future of online theology?
https://sojo.net/articles/culture/cj-x-nonbinary-philosopher-shaping-gen-zs-spiritual-imagination
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"The call to mercy is not to figure out the reasonable limits of mercy but to embrace its unlimited nature. Jesus tells us to put compassion in action, even if it costs us something."
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There Is a Balm in Memphis
âIf you are not engaged in a healing ministry, then you are ignoring one-third of the Bible.â
https://sojo.net/magazine/july-2023/there-balm-memphis
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"I cannot help but see echoes of Herodâs world in our own, as state terror abounds, and tyranny reigns."
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The Bible Character That Most Resembles Trump
In both the Bible and the U.S., when rulers feel that their power is being threatened, they reach for indiscriminate force.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/bible-character-most-resembles-trump
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"Las migas caen como pequeñas oraciones / sobre la mesa, / lo suficiente para decir: / eres visto." (Ăngel Peña, 2026)
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When Bread Is Shared / Cuando el Pan Se Comparte
A poem.
https://sojo.net/magazine/june-2026/when-bread-shared-cuando-el-pan-se-comparte
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"Tonâs descriptions of the conditions at Adelanto reveal a dystopian panopticon."
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Inside an ICE Detention Center
I joined a retired minister on a visit to one of Californiaâs largest facilities.
https://sojo.net/magazine/march-2026/inside-ice-detention-center
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The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way on Thursday for President Donald Trumpâs administration to strip hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants of a humanitarian status that protects them from deportation.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protections for Syrians and Haitians
âOur immediate concern is what happens to these families and children should they be forced back to the dire circumstances that have long prevented their safe return,â said Krish OâMara Vignarajah,âŠ
https://sojo.net/articles/news/supreme-court-lets-trump-end-deportation-protections-syrians-and-haitians
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"If the Founding Fathers came back today, theyâd be pleased to see that wealthy white guys still run our nation."
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We Donât Look a Day Over 240!
Is it too late for England to take us back?
https://sojo.net/magazine/june-2026/humor/we-dont-look-day-over-240
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"The rainbow tells us that every queer person was created in the image of a God who loves and treasures them."
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How the Pride Flag Speaks to the Promises of God
As a Christian and a gay man, I have always loved how the colors of the rainbow flag speak to both sides of my identity.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/how-pride-flag-speaks-promises-god
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"Advocates say an institutional apology and large-scale efforts to repair damages were long overdue."
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Church of England Apologizes for Coerced Adoptions, Advocates Want More
The landmark apology offered relief for some and fell flat for others, but all agreed the church ought to offer more resources for those harmed.
https://sojo.net/articles/news/church-england-apologizes-coerced-adoptions-advocates-want-more
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"Hosea permits us to listen in on Godâs own interiority."
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What We Can Learn From God's Inner Conflict
The self of the selfie is incapable of self-criticism.
https://sojo.net/articles/what-we-can-learn-gods-inner-conflict
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Despite the advances in medical technology that allow children to live with medical complexities, the U.S. health care system isnât ready to receive them.
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When Kids Need More Than the Church Can Give
While the church often helps children with medical complexities in acute ways, advocates say more must be done to address the systemic burdens placed on families.
https://sojo.net/articles/news/when-kids-need-more-church-can-give
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"âPregnant While Blackâ considers how a toxic brew of misogynoir shapes Black womenâs navigation of infertility, miscarriages, preterm and multiple births, mental health, and stillbirths."
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How Racism Reaches the Womb
Pregnant While Black considers how and why Black mothers in the U.S. are dying.
https://sojo.net/magazine/septemberoctober-2023/culture/how-racism-reaches-womb
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"What was most remarkable about Mamdaniâs successful campaign wasnât necessarily Mamdani himself. Rather, it was the working-class support behind his campaign that captured peopleâs attention."
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Zohran Mamdani Is Busting a Myth Many Christians Still Believe
The model minority myth may not be real, but the fact that people believe it can still poison how people think about minorities.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion/zohran-mamdani-busting-myth-many-christians-still-believe
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"Why so glum, America? Itâs almost your birthday, and a big one, too! How often does a country turn 250 years old!? (Well, actually, just once. A bunch of other countries have done it already.)"
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We Donât Look a Day Over 240!
Is it too late for England to take us back?
https://sojo.net/magazine/june-2026/humor/we-dont-look-day-over-240
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Last week, Sarah Mullally, the Archbishop of Canterbury, apologized for the Church of Englandâs coercive adoption practices and treatment of pregnant mothers during the post-World II period through 1976.
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Church of England Apologizes for Coerced Adoptions, Advocates Want More
The landmark apology offered relief for some and fell flat for others, but all agreed the church ought to offer more resources for those harmed.
https://sojo.net/articles/news/church-england-apologizes-coerced-adoptions-advocates-want-more
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"God is not unlike a UFO; despite the empireâs best efforts, God will not be captured or controlled."
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Jordan Peele Knows How to Make Bible Verses Scary
âNopeâ opens with a quote from one of the Bibleâs minor prophets. The effect, is, well, horrifying.
https://sojo.net/articles/opinion-culture/jordan-peele-knows-how-make-bible-verses-scary
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In her dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said prisoners who experience religious freedom violations will now often be left without a remedy.
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SCOTUS Denies Rastafarian Suing Over Violation of Religious Beliefs
The Supreme Court refused on Tuesday to let a Rastafarian man sue state prison officials in Louisiana after guards held him down and shaved him bald in violation of his religious beliefs.
https://sojo.net/articles/scotus-denies-rastafarian-suing-over-violation-religious-beliefs
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