Case law (US) (relating to AA and religion) (contd)

Youle v. Edgar 

526 NE 2d 894, 172 Ill. App. 3d 498, 122 Ill. … - Ill: Appellate Court, 4th …, 1988 ...
He has also chosen not to participate in other alternative programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous. 505 ... organization. This is meritless. The primary function of Alcoholics Anonymous is to cope with the disease of alcoholism. ... 

Warner v. Orange County Dept. of Probation 

968 F. Supp. 917 - Dist. Court, SD New York, 1997
... His evaluation of the AA program, as found in the Twelve Steps and in the "Big Book", Alcoholics Anonymous, (authorship not disclosed), as well as the speakers at the meeting, is that it is the loss of religion and belief in God that causes alcoholism. ... 

Gray v. Johnson 

436 F. Supp. 2d 795 - Dist. Court, WD Virginia, 2006
... The TCP offers therapeutic group meetings, educational seminars, group talent shows, and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous meetings (NA). ... and that staff should "refrain from discussing their own religious beliefs or promoting religion in mandatory TC ... 

McGill v. PA. DEPT. OF HEALTH 

758 A. 2d 268 - Pa: Commonwealth Court, 2000
... of religion ...." US Const. amend. I. The clause applies to state governments through the Fourteenth Amendment. Ross v. Keelings, 2 F.Supp.2d 810 (EDVa. 1998). [3] McGill alleges that the TC Program utilizes the Twelve Steps of the Alcoholics Anonymous Program. ... 

Nusbaum v. Terrangi
  

210 F. Supp. 2d 784 - Dist. Court, ED Virginia, 2002 
... [2] Furthermore, plaintiffs claim that religion and the value of religious beliefs are frequently discussed. ... Two of the support groups are traditional Alcoholics Anonymous ("AA") and Narcotics Anonymous ("NA") programs with religious components. ...

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