Posted on 06/05/2013 5:38:21 PM PDT by lowbridge
An Army master sergeant was punished after he hosted a promotion party and served Chick-fil-A sandwiches in honor of the Defense of Marriage Act.
The unidentified soldier was investigated, reprimanded, threatened with judicial action and given a bad efficiency report, according to the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty.
“They say he is no longer a team player and was not performing up to standards,” Chaplain Alliance Executive Director Ron Crews told Fox News. “This is just one little example of a case of a soldier just wanting to express his views and now he’s been jumped on by the military.”
The soldier’s story was included in a letter to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights documenting concerns about attacks on religious liberty within the Armed Services.
The Pentagon did not return calls seeking comment.
Last summer the soldier had received his promotion to master sergeant. The promotion coincided with a national controversy surrounding Chick-fil-A’s support of traditional marriage. Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy told a newspaper that he was “guilty as charged” when it came to supporting the biblical definition of marriage. Gay rights advocates were infuriated and some Democratic leaders – most notably the mayor of Boston – attempted to stop the popular restaurant chain from opening restaurants in their cities.
Crews said the soldier decided to hold a party to celebrate his new position. The invitations read, “In honor of my promotion and in honor of the Defense of Marriage Act, I’m serving Chick-fil-A sandwiches at my promotion party.”
After the party, the solider received a letter of reprimand. Crews said at issue was the combination of the sandwiches and the soldier’s support of DOMA (which happens to be the law of the land).
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If he were gay and passed out foot long hot dogs you wouldn’t have heard a word.
Gosh. Supporting legal laws. Got to reprimand him for that.
“He won’t take a banana up the tailpipe for the team!”
How in the living hell will we ever come out of this and put it all back together again.
Incredible what the sockpuppet Obambi's handlers have done to every facet of our country!
Gosh, I guess handing out Chick-fil-A’s and supporting traditional marriage is workplace violence! /S
The Pentagon is now boycotting Chick-fil-A? Are you kidding me? America has left the toilet and is on the way down the pipes to the sewer.
Crazy story.
Not in OUR country. No. We lost it, probably well before Obama reared his head.
This crap is just getting out of hand.
Can’t serve CHICK FIL A?????? Chicken???
Totalitarianism is here folks. I always thought our military would be the final bastion of Patriotism and Americanism.
We’ve lost them too.
He was only supporting a law of the land. What happens when he upholds the US Constitution?
If he's not a team player, then whose team are the other people on?
The soldier’s commander must be one of those “who can’t distinguish between a slap on the ass and rape”.
As a nation, we won't. I believe, from here on out, it will be up to individuals, families, and communities how they will insulate themselves (as best they can) against the utter breakdown of Judeo-Christian values.
After they run conservative patriots out of the military they’ll have exactly what they want, a well trained, well armed force of mush heads willing to obey unlawful orders to kill Americans.
That seems ridiculous. I wonder what else was involved. And why Chick Fil A...the only promotion parties I went to served alcohol and nothing else. lol.
The truth is most of the freaks are in government and the media. Get rid of them and start over. Citizens need to get informed and chase them out of town. If all you listened to was the news and the government you’d crawl into a hole and never come out fearing every human being in country to be stone cold crazy.
I can’t imagine even Reagan, if he replaced the asshole in the White House, would be able to reverse and repair the total damage that has been done these past 5 years . . . and, needless to say, all of which was done under the watchful eye of what we used to call the Republican Party . . . the totall STUPID PARTY!
Promotion to E-8, he should have been serving steak, but it’s also none of the government’s business what he does at a private social engagement. Promotion parties are not official events. Good thing, I would have been courts martialed as several of my own and quite a number of my friends.
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