{"id":224,"date":"2013-05-01T11:32:51","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T11:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dcxposed.com\/?p=224"},"modified":"2017-08-25T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T12:15:09","slug":"pentagon-bows-to-atheists-court-martials-for-religious-proselytizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcxposed.com\/2013\/05\/01\/pentagon-bows-to-atheists-court-martials-for-religious-proselytizing\/","title":{"rendered":"PENTAGON BOWS TO ATHEISTS: COURT MARTIALS FOR RELIGIOUS PROSELYTIZING"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>Pentagon<\/strong>, after consulting with\u00a0<strong>atheist Michael Weinstein<\/strong>, founder of the\u00a0<strong>Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF)<\/strong>, has released a statement\u00a0declaring it a military crime\u00a0punishable by court martial and or discharge for U.S. military personnel, including chaplains, to\u00a0proselytize\u00a0any particular religion \u2013 with special emphasis on\u00a0<strong>Christianity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein met in private with Pentagon officials on April 23rd and said that U.S. troops who proselytize are guilty of treason and should be punished to put an end to what he refers to as a\u00a0<em>\u201ctidal wave of fundamentalists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Foxnews, Weinstein continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cSomeone needs to be punished for this. Until the Air Force or Army or Navy or Marine Corps punishes a member of the military for unconstitutional religious proselytizing and oppression, we will never have the ability to stop this horrible, horrendous, dehumanizing behavior.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In a radical, hate filled diatribe complete with cyber-spit \u2013 which the\u00a0huffing-glue-post was more than happy to publish, Weinstein lashed out a Christianity and those who practice the peaceful religion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cToday, we face incredibly well-funded gangs of fundamentalist Christian monsters who terrorize their fellow Americans by forcing their weaponized and twisted version of Christianity upon their helpless subordinates in our nation\u2019s armed forces.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Tony Perkins, president of the\u00a0<strong>Family Research Council<\/strong>, also speaking with Fox \u2013 said that he was stunned\u00a0<em>\u201cthat the Pentagon would be taking counsel and advice from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhy would military leadership be meeting with one of the most rabid atheists in America to discuss religious freedom in the military,\u201d Perkins said. \u201cThat\u2019s like consulting with China on how to improve human rights.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The FRC has set up an\u00a0online petition against the atheist backed policy here. Quoting from that petition page, the FRC makes a noteworthy statement:\u00a0<em>\u201cIf chaplains and other personnel are censored from offering the full solace of the Gospel, there is no religious freedom in the military.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a December 2012 contrasting story, which to me speaks volumes as to the Pentagon\u2019s direction as well as to the character and agenda of those actually in control of our military decision making,\u00a0the Pentagon proposed an Army manual\u00a0which indoctrinates our military personnel heading to Afghanistan in how to be sensitive to and accept Muslim and Afghan 7th-century religious customs and values. The manual\u00a0warned them not to\u00a0speak ill of the Taliban, advocate women\u2019s rights or\u00a0<strong>criticize pedophilia<\/strong>. Female U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan\u00a0were also \u201cstrongly encouraged\u201d\u00a0<em>(military lingo for ordered)<\/em>\u00a0to practice the Muslim tradition of wearing headscarves in an attempt to appease the local population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Pentagon, after consulting with\u00a0atheist Michael Weinstein, founder of the\u00a0Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), has released a statement\u00a0declaring it a military crime\u00a0punishable by court martial and or discharge for U.S. military personnel, including chaplains, to\u00a0proselytize\u00a0any particular religion \u2013 with special emphasis on\u00a0Christianity. 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