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Sailor says Navy punished her for not standing for 'Star Spangled Banner'
New York Times ^ | September 22, 2016 | WITW Staff

Posted on 09/22/2016 7:25:38 PM PDT by kevcol

Ervin explained in her Facebook post that on September 19, "while in uniform, I made the conscious decision to not stand for the Star Spangled Banner because I feel like a hypocrite, singing about 'land of the free' when, I know that only applies to some Americans." Ervin said in the post that she was punished by Navy officials and that the "equipment I need to do my Naval job" was taken away.

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To: Secret Agent Man
Totally hostile environment for Christians as well today.

Guess he missed the Transgender propaganda classes then.

121 posted on 09/23/2016 11:04:35 AM PDT by itsahoot (GOP says, Vote Trump. But if your principles won't let you, Hillary is OK.)
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