Maybe we should work this with the Commander-in-Chief for this same thing, but Obama is NOT in the Military but in politics.
The day is coming that it is a Crime to be a Christian in the Military as one of their Commandments to follow is; "thou shalt not kill."
Maybe the Military should just BAN these Prayer services so these Officers can not be accused to be charged.
Push to court-martial general for thanking God
http://www.wnd.com/2015/05/
Group wants him 'visibly brought to justice for unforgivable crimes'
Published: 8 hours ago
A civil-liberties group is demanding a two-star Air Force general be court-martialed for mentioning God at a National Day of Prayer Task Force speech on May 7.
Despite the religious nature of the event, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has called for Olson to be “aggressively and very visibly brought to justice for his unforgivable crimes and transgressions,” adding that any other service members who helped him should be investigated and punished “to the full extent of military law.”
During his 23-minute address, Maj. Gen. Craig Olson referred to himself as a “redeemed believer in Christ,” who credits God for his accomplishments in the Air Force. He spoke of “flying complex aircraft; doing complex nuclear missions – I have no ability to do that. God enabled me to do that. … He put me in charge of failing programs worth billions of dollars. I have no ability to do that, no training to do that. God did that. He sent me to Iraq to negotiate foreign military sales deals through an Arabic interpreter. I have no ability to do that. I was not trained to do that. God did all of that.”
Olson is program executive officer for C3I and Networks at Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, where he is responsible for more than 2,200 personnel. His speech was live-streamed and recorded by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
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Mikey Weinstein, CEO of the civil-liberties group, sent a scathing letter to Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh, arguing that Olson’s comments violate the Air Force instructions which prohibit airmen from endorsing a particular faith or belief.
The letter, which is posted on the group’s website, states: “This demand letter is sent to you on behalf of countless members of the United States Air Force who are utterly disgusted and shocked by the brazenly illicit and wholly unconstitutional, fundamentalist Christian proselytizing recently perpetrated, on international television (‘GOD TV’), and streaming all over the Internet and in full military uniform, by USAF Major General Craig S. Olson on Thursday, May 7, 2015 during a VERY public speech for a private Christian organization (The ‘National Day of Prayer Task Force’: NDPTF) headed up by Focus on the Family founder, Dr. James Dobson’s, wife Shirley Dobson.”
Weinstein continued, “Olson’s highly publicized, sectarian speech is nothing less than a brutal disgrace to the very uniform he was wearing and the solemn oath he took to support and defend the United States Constitution. This public address was his, and the USAF’s, ‘contribution’ to this scathingly sectarian 2015 version of the [task force's] annual shame spectacle and display of Christian supremacy and exceptionalism held in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill.”
Lt. Col. Allen Herritage said in an email reported by Air Force Times, “I can tell you the Air Force places a high value on the rights of its members to observe the tenets of their respective religion or to observe no religion at all. The Air Force is dedicated to maintaining an environment in which people can realize their highest potential.”
Dan
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The statement was made, (The day is coming that it is a Crime to be a Christian in the Military as one of their Commandments to follow is; "thou shalt not kill.")
I believe the original in the bible said thou shall not commit murder.
Of course you can kill as a Christian. You can kill in self defense, in defense of another, in defense while serving in the military, or an execution after due process of law.
By-the-way didn't that big guy Sampson kill and how about David and the giant? Oh well, how soon we forget. Ken T.
Mikey Weinstein, CEO of the civil-liberties group, NEEDS TO BE PUT IN A PADDED CELL....WHAT WAS ITS ADDRESS??
What country was this, China, North Korea? No one in America would interfere with our 1st amendment rights and our government has no right to make any laws concerning our religious freedom. So this can not be happening in America! If it is we the people need to stand up and defend this man's rights! When are we going to form a group to counter these that are trying to remove our rights by being the squeaky wheel that gets the grease?
Kiss me on the neck!
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