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<p>A Marine reservist facing a court-martial says he's being prosecuted for criticizing the military at anti-war rallies and for publicizing his application for conscientious objector status at a news conference.</p> <p>The Marines argue they pursued charges against Lance Cpl. Stephen Funk because he skipped out on 47 days of training in defiance of orders by his commander.</p>

The San Jose Mercury News has indicated that "conscientious objector" Stephen Funk is reporting daily to the Marine Corps Reserve HQ at 901 East Mission Street in San Jose, California, in lieu of a stay in prison. This is a good Freep opportunity - show up there at the corner of 19th Street and East Mission at lunchtime or at his 4:30 departure time and let Mr. Funk know how we feel with flags and signs: "I Concientiously Object to Saddam Hussein" "Freedom is worth fighting for" ...etc... Since it would have to be during the work day, I wouldn't...

White Feathers for Stephen Eagle FunkAt the risk of being called a liberal for relying upon a movie for a history lesson, the recent movie "Four Feathers" is about a soldier who resigns as his unit is to be sent to the Sudan to fight for Her Majesty. Three of his comrades in arms and his girlfriend give him white feathers along with their calling cards to signify their disgust with his cowardice.Whatever your thoughts about the movie (made by an anti-British Indian peacenik who lionizes early Moslem terrorists), in honor of our British friends, we should revive this tradition.Stephen...

The first American conscientious objector from the Iraq war will give himself up at a marine base in California this morning. He said he believed the war was "immoral because of the deception involved by our leaders". Stephen Eagle Funk, 20, a marine reserve who was due to be sent for combat duty, is currently on "unauthorised absence" from his unit. He faces a possible court martial and time in military prison for his action. "I know I have to be punished for going UA," Mr Funk told the Guardian in an interview before surrendering to authorities, "but I would...