as long as that religion is the SAME as the powers that be (so to speak) praise the lord!
Military Sued Over Religious Freedom
By JOHN MILBURN, Associated Press Writer
PDT FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) --
A soldier whose superior prevented him from holding a meeting for atheists and other non-Christians is suing the Defense Department, claiming it violated his right to religious freedom.
The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., alleges a pattern of practices that discriminate against non-Christians in the military. It was filed Monday to coincide with the 220th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution.
The lawsuit names Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Maj. Paul Welborne as defendants.
According to the filing, Spec. Jeremy Hall, a soldier assigned to Fort Riley's 97th Military Police Battalion, received permission to distribute fliers around his base in Iraq for a meeting of atheists and non-Christians.
When he tried to convene the meeting, Hall claims, Welborne stepped in, threatening to file military charges against Hall and block his reenlistment.
Attempts to reach Welborne through an Army spokesman weren't immediately successful.
Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which is helping Hall with his lawsuit, said it is the first of many.......
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I hope he wins the suit, and I hope something changes in the military - - - because we're too far along to return to the Knights Templar and the Holy Crusades. Militarily spreading the word of God is so yesterday.
Sure there is freedom of Religion in the Military. Just ask those who try to practice there and see what they say.
Remember how they wouldn't let a non Christian have a stone on their grave site of their fallen son in Arlington.
Of course if we still had a Constitution the above would not have happened.
God Bless.
and we accuse the militant muslims of wanting to convert us all rick. no, it's the militant in US too
anon, i do remember the pagan marker for a fallen service member and the hard time they gave his wife. i wrote about it
you're right, where is our constitution?
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