Posted on 04/05/2011 10:54:19 AM PDT by UndauntedR
Edited on 04/05/2011 2:24:52 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- A group of religious non-believers at Fort Bragg is pushing for the U.S. military to make sure they get the same treatment as religious groups.
Soldiers at the post have filed paperwork seeking recognition for their group, called Military Atheists and Secular Humanists. They want to hold meetings at the base, work with the Army's chaplains and have their gatherings listed in a bulletin of religious services.
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I would think the whole benefit of not believing would be the ability to sleep in on Sunday morning and not have to go to meetings.
Huh? Shut up and train.
Foxhole.
About how their "rights" are being violated by Christians in the military and how to restrict religious liberty among military personnel so they will no longer have to be "discriminated" against?
How can they defend their and our God given rights if they don’t believe in God? Time for a new career.
Filing papers to get special recognition? The soldiers are, I suspect, being used.
Someone who hates the military (and America) is likely behind this.
Who, one wonders?
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Obviously not combat soldiers. If they were they would not be athiest. A better idea would be to change their MOS to combat ready. There that fixes the problem.
This sort of thing would get your ass kicked in the 'Corps.
This is not a criticism, just an acknowledgement that the US Army is traditionally made up of citizen soldiers. Namely, where the draftees go in times of conscription.
I personally believe that there ought to be a broader tolerance in the US Army of these fundamental freedoms, meaning that the US Army is where the atheists and Wiccans and homosexuals who choose to serve their country belong, in addition to the average Joe and Jane from Main Street USA. The US Army was originally intended to be comprised mainly of regional brigades assembled from the average citizen at least minimally fit for military service.
Understand clearly, however, this 'minimally-fit' criteria has no place in the Marine Corps.
Wha ...?
What’s to discuss if you have no beliefs? Sports? Weather?
Actually, I know a number of atheist marines... 3 to be exact.
Gotta love the dig they take at those outside their own religion.
Uh... you're atheists. You have no "religious services."
They simply are NOT “a”theists.
They are God haters - ANTItheists.
They absolutely HATE Christians in particular.
In the Armed Forces EXCEPT the National Guard (Army or Air)
I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
How did they recite this? Sounds like dishonorable discharge time.
They are anti-Christian. They never have any problems with Muslims.
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