Sunday, February 17, 2008

Big Surprise: U.S. Military a Hostile Environment for Atheists

Seeing as how the rest of America is unfriendly to atheists, it seems only natural that our military would be the same way. And so it is. 23 year old Jeremy Hall is a first-hand victim of religious discrimination in the military. He has been physically harassed and threatened by his fellow soldiers. For what? Because he is not a fundy.

Amongst the plethora of Christian groups in the military, Hall had the impudence to start an Atheist and Freethinker group. What insubordination! What nerve!

"A senior ranking staff sergeant told me to leave and sit somewhere else because I refused to pray," Jeremy told the press. Furthermore, Jeremy was pressured into disbanding his freethinkers group by threats from his higher-ups. A major told him "You guys are being a problem and problems can be removed," Hall said.

Yea. Atheists are the real problem, not the gun-waving, jingoistic bigots in office.


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