Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) said he’s been monitoring a steady stream of religious discrimination complaints over the past four years from Christian soldiers.
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“It’s been a steady attack on faith and religious freedom that we’ve seen in our military like we’ve never seen before,” Forbes told Fox News. “We are getting a lot of calls from soldiers saying ‘we’re afraid of going to church, we’re afraid to be seen praying, we’re afraid that would hurt our careers, our promotions.’”
Forbes grilled Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel about religious liberty issues during a House Armed Services Committee on Thursday.
Forbes asked questions about instances of the Christian faith coming under attack in the military including:
Commanders barred from disclosing any programs that are tied to the Chaplaincy or any programs involving religion;
The Air Force banning the word ‘God’ from an Air force patch logo – even though the reference had no religious connotation;
A Navy directive that banned Bibles at Walter Reed Hospital;
An Army Reserve training program that listed Evangelical Christians and Catholics as examples of religious extremism;
An Army email that listed prominent Christian ministries like the Family Research Council and American Family Association as “domestic hate groups.”
I wonder if the same intolerance is shown to Muslims. You know the answer. The solution is to impeach the Muslim-in-chief. Thank goodness for men with guts like Rep Forbes.
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