Louisiana Prison Will Remove Religious References From Monument

Officials at the Louisiana State Penitentiary have agreed to remove religious inscriptions from a monument that stands at the prison's gate . Officials say the monument was intended to encourage moral rehabilitation and to encourage inmates arriving to begin long sentences. The inscription "forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead" will remain on the book-like monument, but the citation of "Philippians 3:13" as its source will be removed. Also a "Prayer of Protection" inscribed on the monument will be removed. Yesterday's Christian Post reports that the actions were taken because of a complaint filed last year by the Louisiana ACLU.