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Pentagon Evangelism Called 'National Security Threat'
(CNSNews.com) - Christian military officers who share their faith at work in the Pentagon pose a threat to national security, according to a group that advocates for religious neutrality in the military. Public displays of faith by high-ranking military officers project an image of a Christian nation waging war on non-Christians, both inside and outside the United States, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation said Monday. This created an "internal national security issue every bit as great as the one we're fighting outwardly," said the organization's president, Mikey Weinstein. Full Story
Atheists Sue Over Church Bells
(CNSNews.com) - Do church bells promote religion? The Connecticut chapter of American Atheists Inc. says yes, and it wants the borough of Jewett City and the town of Griswold to sell the sound system that plays bells for the local Baptist church - and is housed in the church. But furious townsfolk insist the government-owned sound system must continue to chime. The atheists argue that municipal involvement with the bells violates the separation of church and state and that the arrangement allows the church to benefit from government property, the Boston Globe reported. The atheists say the borough and town should sell the sound equipment to the church or a private organization. Read News on the Web
Christmas Trees Return to Airport
(CNSNews.com) - Fourteen plastic Christmas trees are going back up at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, following an uproar over their removal. When a rabbi threatened to sue the airport for refusing to include a large menorah in the "holiday" display, the trees came down. Airport officials, fearing that they'd have to display the symbols of every group that came down the pike, decided at that point to remove all holiday symbols rather than choose between them. The airport released a statement saying it would "work with the rabbi and other members of the community to develop a plan for next year's holiday decorations at the airport." Read News on the Web
posted by Pro Ecclesia 11:20 AM
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This is what gets to me about religious policy in the military:
You have to sit and listen to how drunk so and so got last weekend, who got in trouble from drinking, and who hooked up with whom EVERY Monday. You get to listen to tales and bragging rights about who cheated on their spouses with which "go to gal" that deployed with them and that's all ok, even though it's adultery and supposedly against regulation, too.
But if you pray or listen to Christian music at work or talk about getting to Mass at lunch in the military, then you are coercing and prostelyzing!
What, do you think, is the bigger problem here? At least the IG used some common sense in the end. Because she is right: the IG has MUCH bigger issues than some guys in uniform being part of a Christian organization. Maybe that's the whole issue to begin with: maybe they need a few more standing up for their Christian beliefs. You mentor these ppl in everything else, but not the rock of your lifestyle! (That would solve most of the personal problems today's military is facing: can't help out with the foreign policies LOL!)
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