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A federal appeals court ruled that Florida can prohibit religious ideologies in state-mandated domestic violence programs.

The court's decision relied on the government speech doctrine, affirming the state's right to control its own messaging.

A minister and psychologist sued after the state denied him certification for his curriculum based on a "Biblical view of domestic violence."

Florida officials are making clear that state-mandated programs for domestic violence offenders cannot promote religious ideologies — and has backed them up in a rare ruling that leans heavily on the .

The case centered on a minister who argued that his to free speech and religious expression were violated when the Florida Department of Children and Families denied him certification to

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