Military Proselytizing
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What First Amendment? Proselytizing and Christians in the US Military
Watching the Watchers.org - USA
Commentary By Lee Russ
You may be under the impression that our constitution prohibits the
government from attempting to convert people to Christianity--you know,
that separation of church and state, First Amendment thing. But it doesn't
seem to be stopping our military from proselytizing it's
ever-more-Christian butt off, or assuming that nonbelievers are, at a
minimum, defective in some way. I guess they think it's hard to fight for
God & Country if you have the wrong (or no) God.
There's been a series of incidents reported in the last couple of years in
which members of the military have taken it as their duty to spread their
version of the Christian gospel to people serving under them. And having
been in the military, I can tell you that there is no more captive audience
than a crowd of soldiers being lectured by their superiors.
Here are a few--hardly all--of the examples. Case in Point # 1: Mikey
Weinstein's detailing of anti-Semitism at the Air Force Academy
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
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USAF LT. COL (Ret) Buffman (Glen P. Goffin) wrote
"You pilot always into an unknown future;
facts are your only clue. Get the facts!"
That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE
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