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V.O.P. - Restriction given: 1-12 Step Meeting Per Day
I had my 1st DWI and was given PBJ with these restrictions:
Continue Outpatient Drug/Alcohol program (13 weeks)
Shock Trauma DWI class
24 months probation
no alcohol in system for 24 months
I violated my probation by having alcohol in my system, no moving violations and no other criminal charges.
At my V.O.P. hearing I was given these restrictions until next hearing:
Remain drug/alcohol free
Interlock device on any vehicle operated
Continued Probation
Seek inpatient treatment
1-12 step meeting per day
I have attended these 12-step meetings everyday since. At these meetings, the 12 steps involve ''to believe that a Power greater than ourselves'' and make numerous references to ''God''.
Does the court have the authority to order someone to attend a “religious” meeting of this sort? I could understand them making someone get treatment, but to attend these meetings which have a “religious” tone seems to go against “Freedom of Religion”
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Read More Answered By: G. Joseph Holthaus III |
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