James J. Kaufman v. Gary R. McCaughtry

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• holding that atheism can, in the \specialized sense\ of applying First Amendment protections, be considered a religion
• holding that atheism can, in the “specialized sense” of applying First Amendment protections, be considered a religion
• holding that atheism can, in the “specialized sense” of applying First Amendment protections, be considered a religion
• holding that religion does not need to be a “mainstream faith,” and includes belief systems that “occupy a ‘place parallel to that filled by ... God in traditionally religious persons.’”
• concluding in four paragraphs that atheism could qualify as a religion under free exercise clause
• finding that inmate's atheism qualified as a religion for purposes of the First Amendment

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