MILITARY.COM – Lawmakers Accuse Military of Anti-Christian Bias

Published On: January 31, 2014|Categories: News, Top News|1 Comment|

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  • Members of a House subcommittee on Tuesday pressed a senior Pentagon official and several chaplains over alleged disciplinary actions against Christians for expressing their faith in Jesus Christ.

    “We know of instances where Christians have been reprimanded for statements as simple as that,” Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., told Virginia Penrod, deputy assistant secretary of defense for military personnel policy. “Are you saying that you know there are no other instances of other people being reprimanded?”

    “I don’t know of instances of any faith — If you do have examples, the Department will be more than willing to look into these,” Penrod said. Her claim was backed up by Rear Adm. Mark L. Tidd, the Navy’s chief of chaplains, Brig. Gen. Charles R. Bailey, deputy chief of chaplains for the Army, and Brig. Gen. Bobby Page, deputy chief of chaplains for the Air Force.

  • Over the past dozen years there have been increasing complaints of bias, though those substantiated by the various services and the Pentagon have been cases of officials using their authority or influence to promote Christianity.These include a series of incidents at the Air Force Academy and also at the Pentagon, itself, where senior military officials appeared in uniform for a promotional video for Christian Embassy, an evangelical organization.
  • Rep. John Fleming, R-La., said a website called “Clear and Present Danger,” sponsored by the Colorado-based Family Research Council, maintains a lengthy list of incidents of anti-Christian incidents in the military.

    “I’m disappointed that we don’t have General Boykin and others who can actually tell us about this [problem],” said Fleming, referring to now retired Army Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, who created a crisis for the Bush Administration in 2003 by framing the war on terror as a religious war, of Christians against Muslims.

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  1. Ryan February 14, 2014 at 11:41 am

    I’m an atheist in the Marine Corps, and I don’t see how anybody can say there is a blatant ANTI-Christian bias with a straight face. Like most of society, it’s now frowned upon for you to jam prayers and threats of hellfire down my throat, I guess I feel bad for you or something.

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