Fort Riley:Religious discrimination suit should anger all

Every time this story comes up it is one more reminder of how every Christian should be angry along with every other religious/non-religious person in this country should be. Why should Christian's be angry over this? Because there are so many different denominations of Christians and they are not all being represented fairly or equally. Then add in the fact this nation was formed so that there would be the freedom of choice when it came to what form of worship they decided on, even if it meant no worship at all.

Look at this like this. You happen to believe in the Holy Trinity, that Christ was God in the flesh. You believe in the Saints, that common people have risen above circumstances in order to serve God to the highest degree. You believe in good works and following the Sermon on the Mount as a guide to how to live your life. Yet with what you believe you are told that Christ was not God in the flesh, that we are all chosen and there are no saints to pray to and greed is just cherishing what God wanted you to have. Everything you don't believe in, you are being told by an officer that this is what you should believe and you are ordered to accept it.

There are many different Christian denominations/branches off the same tree, but they are not all alike and the differences are startling.

If you find no problem with this evangelizing going on in the military, then what if your faith was viewed as wrong?

Now, let's say that you were raised with no faith at all. Would you suddenly worship because you were forced to? Would you have expected Christ to force anyone to worship Him? After all, God didn't. God gave man freewill to decide on their own. So why are some in the military deciding they are in control over the soul of the men and women serving in the military? Why would they assume a right God Himself did not take?

The military is paid with our tax dollars, all of our dollars no matter what faith we claim as our own. Yet some in power have decided they have the right to push their own faith on the people they command. Among the divisions in Christianity alone, there are many other faiths of the men and women serving and to force any to covert is against what this nation stood for. The very foundation of our Constitution the men and women serve to defend is being challenged because a few decide they can hide under the banner of Christianity without anyone noticing this is not just about being Christian, but about one particular form of it against all other faiths. This is not what the founding fathers intended so to use them as a basis to challenge the suit holds no weight at all. If we are not all free to worship as we will, then no one is.

Government seeks dismissal of religion lawsuit

By John Hanna - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Apr 11, 2009 9:13:44 EDT

TOPEKA, Kan. — Government lawyers are seeking the dismissal of a federal lawsuit in Kansas alleging widespread religious discrimination within the military, arguing many of its claims are only “general grievances” and not wrongs against specific soldiers.

The Justice Department also contends a former Fort Riley soldier who joined the Military Religious Freedom Foundation in filing the lawsuit did not pursue his complaints aggressively enough with superiors first.

But Mikey Weinstein, president of the Albuquerque, N.M.-based foundation, said Friday that the government’s response contains “nothing meritorious.”

The lawsuit, filed last year in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., named Defense Secretary Robert Gates as the defendant. It alleges a pervasive bias within the military in favor of evangelical Christianity, even allowing its personnel to attempt to convert Muslims in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/04/ap_military_religion_041009/