Friday, January 2, 2015

Religious Persecution by Military Leadership

Open Email to Pentagon Generals:

Dear Pentagon Generals,
I like to think of the US military as being on the alert and capable of defending me from any onslaught by foreign forces. For that purpose, I am quite willing to support the military in weapon development to achieve a weapon capability superior to any other world power, and always presuming that those weapons will be used in my defense; not in some sort of aggressive action of conquering another country.
However as I continue to see religious discrimination and persecution of certain religious groups within the rank-and-file of the military, I tend to hold the military in less regard. The latest instance was the rebuke of an Army chaplain (Washington Times) by his colonel for having mentioned Christianity in a program to reduce suicide. To me, it is an Army chaplain's responsibility to handle religious problems of enlisted men and officers in the military. The recent Army chaplain rebuke is only one of many examples indicating that Pentagon generals have either given orders or implications that religion in the military should be stamped out, unless it's perhaps Islamic. I believe you Pentagon generals have already gone much too far in this respect. You are not only operating in an anti-constitutional manner, with respect to the First Amendment, but also contrary to the emotional needs of the general public. In short, you are continuing to lose support of the general public, because of your anti-religious actions.
I have the impression that while you may not be following orders, you are following innuendos. Pres. Obama, your commander-in-chief, is obviously an Islamic sympathizer. He has continued to feign a position of Christianity, but we know from his background that he was raised as a Muslim and has the propensity to reduce the prevalence of Christianity. This carries through to his Secretary of Defense, either through secret order or innuendo, and then on down to you through the same process. But, it is not really working. These episodes only increase antagonism of the general public toward the military leadership and to you in particular.
I strongly suggest you get back on the original program which was to handle religious problems of enlistees as emotional issues and not as a political football.

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