Freedom of Religion means no one is forced to believe anything but it also means that no one should force their views on anyone else or stop them from believing as they see fit.
There is a long tradition of members of the military taking Bibles into combat but there are no claims of anyone being forced to take one. My father-in-law kept the Bible he was given during WWII. My Dad kept his from the Korean War and my husband has his from the Vietnam War.
Since they cannot understand this is a long held tradition in the military the solution is simple. Let the Chaplains hand them out to anyone wanting to receive one. After all, if you go to Walter Reed with gifts for the wounded, religious items have to be turned over to the Chaplain.
I defend the rights of atheists to be protected from anyone trying to force them to attend any religious event but sometimes they go just too far.
Atheists Want Guard to Stop Bible Handouts
Military.com
by Bryant Jordan
Aug 05, 2014
An atheist organization is demanding that the Missouri National Guard stop offering Bibles to new recruits at its recruiting station in St. Louis.
The American Humanist Association, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, also requested the New Testaments volumes displayed in the building be removed.
"Numerous cases have ruled that when the government offers biblical literature, even if done indirectly, it is an unconstitutional endorsement of religion," Monica Miller, an attorney for the association's Appignani Humanist Legal Center, wrote in a letter to the General Services Administration and to the Missouri National Guard. The GSA owns the building housing the Guard recruiting station and other military offices.
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