Posted on 12/19/2013 4:47:48 AM PST by Pan_Yan
The commander of the Guantanamo Bay naval base decided Wednesday to move Nativity scenes from two dining halls following complaints that the decorations improperly promoted Christianity.
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Wirfel said base officials had received no complaints about the displays. Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said the organization received an email from 18 service members who were afraid that any direct appeal to commanders would be ignored and result in retribution.
"They are terrified. Right now, there is a witch hunt going on to find out who did this," said Weinstein, a former Air Force lawyer who said the troops wanted to remain anonymous.
Eleven of those who complained are Protestant or Roman Catholic and the rest are Muslim, Jewish, agnostic or atheist, he said.
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If holly leaves and candy canes terrify 18 of our service people, I despair for the security of the republic.
Everybody in the US is trying to get the Christ out of Christmas.
Totally bogus.
because on the anonymous complaint form, there is a box to check for “religion”?
sarc
Nothing quite strikes fear into our military bureaucracy than someone claiming to have anonymous emails from people who were offended by something.
Atheist bass turds!
For the life of me, I’m trying to figure out why any self-respecting Christian would serve in Caesar’s legions in this modern, pagan nation.
Improvise, adapt and overcome.
But if it makes the fags cry, retreat.
...and how many prayer mats did they need to step around to get to the complaint box?
Sounds like Obama’s military will be made up of Muslims, homosexuals and women. That should finish the USA.
“The Military Religious Freedom Foundation” is a misnomer. Their entire purpose for existing is to attack religious freedom.
Unlike Mohammad and Joey Smith, God don’t need no PR ...
An adult that still goes by "Mikey" has other issues too.
WHAT IS WITH OUR MILITARY UNDER OBAMA?
Our military leaders are a farce and our nation, rapidly sinking into total decline and atheism, is hardly worth defending.
Thanks leftist loons and thanks to the Pretend Commander In Chief: Hussein Obama.
The thing that frightens me about this is that
Muslims are guarding Muslims down there!!!
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