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Army says faith-based group can no longer put Bible verses on dog tags after complaint
www.foxnews.com ^ | 12/3/19 | Caleb Park

Posted on 12/03/2019 12:56:08 PM PST by Midwesterner53

When Army Captain Russell Rippetoe was killed in action on April 2, 2003 -- the first combat casualty of Operation Iraqi Freedom -- then-President George W. Bush spoke about how Rippetoe had on his dog tags "Joshua 1:9" engraved on it.

For the past 20 years, military members have been able to wear dog tags with Bible verses on them, giving them light and hope in some of their darkest times. For some Gold Star families, this is one of their most cherished possessions to remember their loved one who gave the ultimate sacrifice. But all this could be coming to an end.

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KEYWORDS: fools; michaelweinstein; mickeyweinstein; mikeyweinstein; russellrippetoe
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Mickey Weinstein has made a career of trying to cleanse Christianity from the military. He is a graduate of the Air Force Academy and fancies himself as the decision maker of what Christians can and can't do in uniform. Mr President, if you read Free Republic or see this story, please intervene again to countermand this order and restore a voluntary effort on the part of service members to show their faith and provide comfort in terrible situations. No one is forced to do anything here, please correct this travesty and tell the Defense Department to ignore Weinstein and his incessant complaining.
1 posted on 12/03/2019 12:56:09 PM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: Midwesterner53

Not a good idea.
Who is the commanding officer?


2 posted on 12/03/2019 12:57:09 PM PST by ptsal
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To: Midwesterner53

So print out another tag and put it with the other two.

Is anyone stopping that? It’s not like it’s hard to do.


3 posted on 12/03/2019 1:02:19 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Midwesterner53

Mickey Weinstein doesn’t sound like a Christian name................


4 posted on 12/03/2019 1:02:57 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: Vermont Lt

Good idea, just don’t wear it for inspections..................


5 posted on 12/03/2019 1:03:27 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain...................)
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To: Midwesterner53

The new and improved USS USA. When a snowflake complains, immediately change course.


6 posted on 12/03/2019 1:04:07 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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Army says faith-based group can no longer put Bible verses on dog tags after complaint>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Alahwahoo Whackbar! ( sarc.)

Must be an Obama POS somewhere in the Army who brought this.


7 posted on 12/03/2019 1:04:32 PM PST by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism)http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2009/05/barack_obam_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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This is voluntary much like the decision to allow beards and religious headgear.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/01/23/265230702/pentagon-relaxes-uniform-rules-to-allow-religious-headgear


8 posted on 12/03/2019 1:04:41 PM PST by OpusatFR
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Don’t they have religious preferences already embossed on the tags?


9 posted on 12/03/2019 1:05:08 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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This is absolute BS and this twit and the military should be sued for bigotry and violation of civil rights.

These aren’t actual military dog tags - theyre licensed products for open purchase. They’re not government instituted nor a government establishment of religion anymore than the US flag on a bible is.


10 posted on 12/03/2019 1:05:08 PM PST by Skywise
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I know the Constitutional rights of service members are not so clear as the general public. But does the Army have blanket authority for such an action?


11 posted on 12/03/2019 1:05:37 PM PST by lastchance (Credo.)
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The ban on very unobtrusive bible verses would seem discriminatory on its face.


12 posted on 12/03/2019 1:05:44 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: Vermont Lt

Indeed. . .the serviceman buys another set of commercially available dog-tags and then engraves like official tags but then on the backside, engraves a bible verse.


13 posted on 12/03/2019 1:06:03 PM PST by Hulka
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Operation Shield of Strength
14 posted on 12/03/2019 1:06:45 PM PST by glock rocks (18 USC 242)
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My bet is PDJT will correct this immediately.


15 posted on 12/03/2019 1:06:57 PM PST by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SkyDancer

Yes. To help identify a specific faith the serviceman embraces.


16 posted on 12/03/2019 1:07:11 PM PST by Hulka
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To: Midwesterner53

Confuse here. Can you wear a third dog tag with the verse on it?


17 posted on 12/03/2019 1:07:43 PM PST by DEPcom
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Right. So why can’t they also type like Phil.2:8-13 on them as well?


18 posted on 12/03/2019 1:08:55 PM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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Pure evil!


19 posted on 12/03/2019 1:09:05 PM PST by fortheDeclaration
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To: Midwesterner53
I imagine I’ll be going against the grain on this, but why not just have another personalized dog tag added to the chain, and leave the government-issued tags alone?

The information on the dog tags is standard from one to the next; the practice of putting Bible quotes on them is relatively new.

If the tags are government-issued (as they are), then why demand that a secular government put a recognition of someone’s religious beliefs on government property?

20 posted on 12/03/2019 1:11:07 PM PST by Captain Walker
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