New York prisoners go to court to see the solar eclipse. They allege that it has “religious importance for many’.
"It is a rare natural phenomenon," they say in a lawsuit, citing Bible passages that describe an eclipse-like phenomenon during Jesus' crucifixion. The plaintiffs are six men of different religious beliefs imprisoned at Woodbourne Correctional Centre. Among them are a Baptist, a Muslim, a Seventh-day Adventist and two Santeria practitioners, as well as an atheist.