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| Are Service Members Discriminated Against By Evangelists Within The U.S. Military? |
| 04.27.08 (5:21 pm) [edit] |
| Army Specialist Hall was a turret gunner who has been deployed to Iraq twice. His Humvee came under fire - a bullet nearly killed him - but he didn't find God, and he wasn't looking… "I'm an atheist," Hall told Spencer. "I just don't have any belief in supernatural, any forces - deities, luck, fate, destiny - that's about it really. It's very simple." And he says atheism has cost him. After he refused to join in a prayer, he says he was ostracized and passed over for promotion. He sued the Army for discrimination. Then he was threatened when word got out that he had filed a lawsuit. "They had found out who I was," Hall said. "And I had about six to eight guys following me around in Qatar. And they were saying stuff like, 'atheist ass pirate,' 'faggot,' 'I'm gonna beat your ass.'" http://www.cbsnews.com/storie... This is a messed way to live a military life. This battle of beliefs will get worse and this how this how. If the solider don't conform to the rule, then when firefight happens you will either be the first to get shoot by friendly soliders who disagree with your beliefs, or if you're shot by the enemy either the christian solider or atheist solider will not come to your aid. An individual hate because they disagree with another belief is fatal, especially in a high stress enivorment like a war. |