A LEGAL TOOL FOR EXERCISING OUR RELIGIOUS RIGHTS
Adapted from the Women’s Frontier Newsletter – WCOTC 1997

The Church of Creativity’s religious materials are sent to a number of Brothers and Sisters behind JOG bars, and at times it is censored by prison authorities. The Church of Creativity will always actively fight against this infringement of our religious rights under the Fourteenth and First Amendment of the United States Constitution, and as such, we will always defend our right to have our literature read by anyone and everyone who wants to have access to it. One of our Brothers who has been very active in this area has prepared the following excellent form letter for use by any Creators or Comrades whenever Creativity’s religious materials are banned by prison officials. We encourage other Comrades to utilize this form letter, print it out, and use in whatever way best suits your needs if you are experiencing this type of discrimination. Naturally, substitute the facts of your own case in the body of the letter (your name, prison officials name, etc) By utilizing all tools at our disposal, we will strike another blow for justice and the right for pro-White literature to be freely and openly read by our brethren. We thank our Brother for giving Creators and Comrades a concrete and powerful way to fight this oppression and tyranny so that our people will never be denied THE FACTS!

LETTER TO CENSOR:
FROM: Your name and address
TO: Name and address of prison

Dear (Prison Official’s Name)

Recently, I was contacted by (John Doe), who is an inmate at your prison. Mr. Doe is a member of my congregation of the Church of Creativity, and he claims that an official (or officials) at your prison have banned Creativity’s religious materials from entering the prison. Accordingly, I am exercising my rights, as a Minister of Creativity, to a written appeal pursuant to Thornburgh v. Abbott, 490 U.S. 401. 109 S.Ct. 1874 (1989), of the aforementioned determination.

First, all persons, incarcerated or otherwise, have the absolute right to whatever religious beliefs they wish. The Church of Creativity’s religious books, documents, images, letters and communication advocating Creativity are protected under the First Amendment as religious materials. In Peterson vs Wilmur Communications Inc, the District Court of Wisconsin (2002) declared Creativity to be a religion under U.S. law.

In Cruz v. Beto, 405 U.S. 319, 321 (1972), the Supreme Court noted that even in prisons “reasonable opportunities must be afforded to all prisoners to exercise the religious freedom guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments without fear of penalty.” The receipt of religious literature is another means of exercising religion in prison. Many prisons have attempted to censor material that is racist or racial in nature. Usually the explanations offered were that these types of publications either appeal to racial hostility or make claims of racial superiority. Prison officials, therefore, argue that these materials are …