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Officer Cleared in Military Bible Complaint
ToddStarnes.com ^ | 23 Aug 16 | Todd Starnes

Posted on 08/24/2016 7:11:53 AM PDT by xzins

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To: xzins

Who ever brought this up needs to be charged with harassment and probably a hate crime.


21 posted on 08/24/2016 7:36:00 AM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: VRWCmember; Ruy Dias de Bivar

Beyond that this ‘christian’ is stupid.

Having an open bible is not discrimination.

I have a career as an active duty Army Chaplain, and I can tell you with certainty that our religious rights are not forfeited when we enter the military.

The only real issue concerning religion has to do with ongoing combat operations. At that time, a commander can order you on a mission even if you’d rather go see the chaplain for a time of prayer.

In combat, mission overrides everything else.

As it should. There’s a time for every purpose under heaven.


22 posted on 08/24/2016 7:36:59 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: xzins
"THIS IS THE ENEMY!"

In WWII, Nazis were the enemy!

Today the Bible is the enemy!

Go figure!


23 posted on 08/24/2016 7:37:34 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

One of my coworkers didn’t like the idea that we had Wiccans in the office so he brought in his Clinton post-Monica sized KJV Bible and put it prominently on his desk. The atheist Yankee boss wanted to say something but was stifled by the large amount of Melanin in the coworker’s system.


24 posted on 08/24/2016 7:37:44 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: xzins
MRFF founder Mikey Weinstein told me last week. “Had that been the Book of Satan or the Koran there would be blood in the freaking streets.”

Notwithstanding the complete falsehood of this assertion, isn't it interesting that this jackwagon equates the Koran with the Book of Satan! Blind squirrel? Broken clock?

25 posted on 08/24/2016 7:37:55 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: xzins
Given the intolerance of the 33 military members involved and their obvious cowardice displayed in refusing to identify themselves I question their ability to fulfill their obligations under the oath they swore upon joining the military. How can we expect them to lay down their lives to preserve, protect and defend a constitution whose most fundamental principles they obviously don't believe in?

They need to leave the military.

26 posted on 08/24/2016 7:39:02 AM PDT by InABunkerUnderSF (ABM - Anyone But McCain)
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To: xzins

Let’s think about this for a second. What would happen if I lodged a formal complaint against a Muslim officer for having a Koran on his desk? I’d be lucky if they sent me to some reeducation camp and didn’t just kick me straight out of the Air Force. Whoever lodged this complaint needs to pay.


27 posted on 08/24/2016 7:43:49 AM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: xzins

The military member that brought this should be brought up on charges.


28 posted on 08/24/2016 7:46:56 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: xzins
If the presence of God's Word causes you to tremble in fear

You are in good company, so does the devil. (James 2:29)

It might be time for you to get saved.
29 posted on 08/24/2016 7:52:40 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: stars & stripes forever

Amen and Amen. I look forward to that day when we ALL hear His name and bow.

Many will be forced to bow, but those of us who know Him as Lord will bow with thankfulness and gratitude in our heart.


30 posted on 08/24/2016 7:54:14 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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“I am intimidated by the display, and I am a practicing Christian,” the unnamed airman wrote. “This open Bible is discrimination at the highest level.”

I can't make up my mind if he is insane...or just a pussy. So I'll choose both!

31 posted on 08/24/2016 7:56:27 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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Having a bible on the desk is a civil rights violation?

Only by the "progressives" idiotic logic

32 posted on 08/24/2016 7:59:20 AM PDT by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: AppyPappy

I worked one job where they brought in someone who loudly proclaimed herself to be wiccan. The boss tersely commanded that “everyone was to leave her alone” meaning no one could object (as if we were inclined to anyway).

I noticed that she was conducting “church” business during work hours and once attempted to report it but was rebuffed, reminding me to mind my own business. So I let it go and ignored her. Unfortunately she neglected her job so the rest of us have to cover for her.

The company finally discovered her moonlighting and fired her, then blasted us for saying nothing.

No good deed goes unpunished...


33 posted on 08/24/2016 8:03:56 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Kaslin

Liberals attempting logic is always a really dicey game for them.


34 posted on 08/24/2016 8:06:21 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: xzins

Make the complainer hang up a picture of the FOUR CHAPLINS behind his desk forever.


35 posted on 08/24/2016 8:13:20 AM PDT by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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To: rockrr

We had two. One of them was let got after complaining about the new random drug testing. He was randomly tested first and failed. FDISKed his hard drive on the way out.
The other was too valuable to fail. She did keep her spells on the mainframe and busted an employee when she found them on the printer. They told her to find another location for them.
My favorite conversation with the Wiccan went like this
Wiccan: Wicca can be practiced any way you like. There is no limit
Me: Can you worship Satan?
Wiccan: No.


36 posted on 08/24/2016 8:16:44 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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It's funny - when you mention that exchange I visualized it (slightly modified):

wiccan: "Do you know Satan?"

Unwitting office worker: "No"

wiccan: "Would you like to meet him?"


37 posted on 08/24/2016 8:35:11 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: xzins

Thought for certain this must be satire.


38 posted on 08/24/2016 8:49:19 AM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: AppyPappy
Clinton post-Monica sized KJV Bible

I remember those news reports and breathless videos of Clinton coming out of the Baptist church with that huge Bible and how the reporters all became sure that this would make him acceptable in the eyes of the religious right.
39 posted on 08/24/2016 10:41:19 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: xzins

I had a Koran on my desk before I retired from the military. If anyone had asked why I would have said “You have to know your enemy in order to defeat them.”


40 posted on 08/24/2016 2:28:59 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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