By: Chris Rodda, MRFF's Senior Research Director
Date: February 27, 2018
Just try to imagine yourself in this situation. You have a family member who is about to go into surgery. You and other family members are in a waiting room and in walks the surgeon who's going to be performing the operation. You’re probably thinking that he's come in to give you some information or say something reassuring, but that's not why he's there. He's come in to get you and your family to pray with him and ask Jesus to guide his hands as he cuts into your loved one.
From: Active Duty Military Member's Spouse's E-Mail Address withheld
Subject: Forced To Pray Incident With Surgical Procedure
Date: February 25, 2018 at 9:38:37 AM MST
To: <[email protected]>
Military Religious Freedom Foundation and Mikey Weinstein,
My name is (withheld) and I want to thank you for helping my family through a very difficult matter connected with my husband's surgery in a large military hospital.
Please do not release our names or any other facts that can identify us as we still fear we can be hurt from this hospital and my husband's command.
My husband is a (military rank withheld) in the U.S. (military branch withheld). He has seen much combat.
Recently it was decided that he needed an operation to fix a serious medical problem due to his prior combat deployments. Surgery was schedule on (day and month withheld) of 2018. The procedure was to take about 3 to 4 hours and there was some potential risks given how serious it all was.
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