Nativity Scene Ordered Removed from Air Base
Airmen at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina were ordered to take down a Nativity scene only hours after they put it up, military officials said.
The Nativity scene was erected in advance of the base’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Airmen said they sent an email to base commanders asking if they could put up a Nativity scene — and invited servicemen of other faiths to create a display of their own. After receiving no such offers, the airmen went ahead with the scene.
Shortly after it went up, base commanders received a phone call from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. The group’s president, Mikey Weinstein, said he’d received calls from personnel at the base complaining about the Nativity scene, the Sumter, S.C., newspaper the Item reported Tuesday.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/12/12/nativity-scene-ordered-removed-from-air-base.html
Pentagon, DOD Pride celebrate gays in military
The Pentagon on Tuesday toasted gays in the military, with a top adviser to President Obama declaring the country is “safer” now that they may serve openly in the ranks.
“Because we repealed ‘don’t ask, don’t tell,’ our military ... is stronger and our country is safer, more equal and more just,” said Valerie Jarrett, the keynote speaker at the Pentagon’s gay pride celebration.
http://www.gopusa.com/news/2013/06/27/pentagon-dod-pride-celebrate-gays-in-military/
If the Bad Guys think the US military is full of gays -- this will make the country safer? Okay.