The Obama Administration “strongly objects” to a proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday that would have protected the religious rights of soldiers – including evangelical Christian service members who are facing growing hostility towards their religion.
The amendment was authored by Rep. John Fleming, R-La. It would have “required the Armed Forces to accommodate ‘actions and speech’ reflecting the conscience, moral, principles or religious beliefs of the member.”
The Obama Administration said the amendment would have a “significant adverse effect on good order, discipline, morale, and mission accomplishment.”
“With its statement, the White House is now endorsing military reprimands of members who keep a Bible on their desk or express a religious belief,” Fleming told Fox News. “This administration is aggressively hostile towards religious beliefs that it deems to be politically incorrect.”
Fleming introduced the amendment after a series of high-profile incidents involving attacks on religious liberty within the military- including an Air Force officer who was told to remove a Bible from his desk because it might give the impression he was endorsing a religion.
He said there are other reports of Christian service members and chaplains being punished for their faith.
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16 comments:
Obama is hostile to any religion, except Muslims. Like Obamacare they are exempt. Wake up Democrats before you totally ruin America.
Yeah but if ur a Muslim u can pray 5 x a day WTF
Islam and Sharia Law will be the mainstay in this country within the next 10 years the stupid Democrats have allowed this to happen.
I can't wait to see the first Democrat gets beheaded on American soil and posted on youtube. Go ahead idiots... take one for the team!
He wants the Christians out of the military because they are the only ones with any morales. They might refuse to obey when told to kill innocent Americans so they must be purged.
what do our representatives have to say about this. ask them now. you know what to do and how to do it. if you don't, ask someone on this blog. don't be part of the problem by doing nothing.
403 u first.
There's a lot of Democrats turning on the president now but how we're going to last another three and a half years I have no idea
I agree with the sentiment, but what has this amendment to do with the NDAA? I'd be more impressed if the good congressman introduced an amendment that negates the indefinite detention clauses and redefines the "battlefield" to the actual theater of war.
I agree 6:18. Isn't an impeachment in order just as it was for Nixon?
who is 403???
he can object all he wishes. we don't care. let him veto it if it passes. Even the military has (is supposed to have) freedom of religious expression. (BTW, betcha there are qurans in gitmo.)
The senate will deny us an impeachment, as the communists are in the majority there.
617, it's for all of us to do together s a team for America, you chicken$hit.
Why is it all right to attack Christian's and not any other religion? Are we in Rome with Ceaser as emperor? It appears the Christian faith is being persecuted but if you are Atheist, Muslim, Hindi, ect. you have a free pass for your religious view's. The constitution states basically that congress shall not establish a national religion, which by the way has not been done. This was in response to the formation of the Church of England and the mandatory membership of all citizens (mainly to tax the people through the church in order to increase the kings wealth since he, not Cromwell, was the head of the church). These idiots should study and understand the history behind the admendment and quit placing there own definition to it as they see fit!
Well, I 'strongly object' to Obama.
2:15 why you calling on Democ-rats to wake up? They like it the way it is. You think crooks like Harry Reed and Nancy Pelosi give a rats a@@ about you and me? And like someone correctly pointed out - the Impeachment might go through the House of Delagates, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Whore-House Reed will not be even bringing it to the floor and reading it, Just like many other bills before. So, unless we change balance in the Senate and throw these crooked bastard Democ-rats out, they will keep doing same s@@t . But there is someone who might have a good idea - 4th of July MARCH ON WASHINGTON D.C. its time to let these crooks know WE THE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH. Come on people, LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR.
Whatever happened to our 'Freedom Of Religion' 1st Amendment rights???
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