Q: Is there a lawyer that will help me with violation of religious freedom from VA.
I was forced to attend 12 Step / AA religious programs for 62 hours a week for 9 month, under a largely publicly funded VA program. I had to do this horrible religions, and forfeit contact to the outside world (such as going to San Diego State University for several months. I needed food, water and shelter. I would have been denied this things if I did not go along with the religious program. Please note, all of these courts have ruled that Alcoholics Anonymous is a religion or engages in religious activities: ⦁ the Federal 7th Circuit Court in Wisconsin, 1984; ⦁ the Federal District Court for Southern New York, 1994; ⦁ the New York Court of Appeals, 1996; ⦁ the New York State Supreme Court, 1996; ⦁ the U.S. Supreme Court, 1997; ⦁ the Tennessee State Supreme Court; ⦁ the Federal 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, 1996; ⦁ the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; ⦁ the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh District, 1996; ⦁ the Federal Appeals Court in Chicago, 1996; ⦁ the 9th
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You could consider contacting this organization, Freedom from Religion Foundation, or reporting what happened to you: https://ffrf.org/legal/report
That organization has specifically written about court-mandated AA meeting violating the constitution here: https://ffrf.org/legal/item/14012-court-ordered-participation-in-aa
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