Posted on 03/16/2014 7:01:44 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
Christians in the U.S. military are being told they must forfeit their First Amendment rights. Bible verses are being erased from cadets’ personal dorm-room white boards, and military lawyers claim that legal protections for religion only pertain to matters such as clothing and growing beards but do not extend to any religious expression such as talking about one's faith or posting a Bible verse.
Last year Breitbart News broke the story of a campaign by anti-Christian extremists to suppress traditional Christian expression within the U.S. military. There were conflicting stories regarding the possible court martial of service members who share the gospel of Jesus Christ and confirmed reports of military chaplains being officially censored, as well as Bibles temporarily banned from the Walter Reed military hospital.
After these stories went viral on the Internet, Republicans in Congress launched an investigation, then introduced legislation to specify that religious expression is a protected right for men and women serving in uniform. Although President Obama originally threatened to veto the legislation, those protections were signed into law in December 2013.
Now these new protections are being put to their first test. Military officers at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs are saying that the Obama-Hagel Pentagon does not regard these new protections as encompassing religious speech or writing. As such, cadets are not allowed to post Bible verses on their personal white boards in their dorm rooms.
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Ya, I agree. “all societies are doomed to fail.”
Even Thomas Jefferson noted, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
Except for the Kingdom of God, through Jesus Christ. Amen
“I’d pickup a newspaper, roll it up and smash the $hit out of that butterfly and throw it in the trashcan, then go find me another caterpillar...: )”
So cool, count me in!
Which is why the AF caved to all non-Christian religions?
“Except for the Kingdom of God, through Jesus Christ. Amen”
This!
When mankind seeks to create Utopia, what he creates is Hell on earth.
I can’t stand pessimism when it comes to taking the fight to tyrants. What would have happened if George Washington had given up stayed on his side of the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776? Never EVER give in to tyrants!
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