The relatively light sentence that the Neumanns received when they attempted to use faith-healing indicates that

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The fact that the Neumanns' neglect of their child for religious reasons had some impact on the leniency of their sentencing suggests that whether neglect occurs for religious or non-religious reasons is indeed taken into account in sentencing. This implies that the legal system recognizes that religion may be a motivating factor in child neglect, but it does not indicate that faith-healing is widely accepted or that religion is unimportant in American life. The idea of separation of Church and State is also not directly relevant to this situation.

The Relatively Light Sentence That the Neumanns Received When They