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Okay, I can't understand why anyone finds this surprising.
This was going on when I was a butter bar in the Air Force back in the early 70s.
I was stalked by an evangelical chaplain around Scott AFB, I was forced to see and stand up to a General in the Pentagon when I wanted to put "NONE" for the religion entry on my dog tags.
We had prayer sessions. I was proselytized by my co-workers and told I was not a proper officer if I wasn't a Christian.
This is nothing new. The only thing new is that suddenly someone is noticing it.
This was going on when I was a butter bar in the Air Force back in the early 70s.
I was stalked by an evangelical chaplain around Scott AFB, I was forced to see and stand up to a General in the Pentagon when I wanted to put "NONE" for the religion entry on my dog tags.
We had prayer sessions. I was proselytized by my co-workers and told I was not a proper officer if I wasn't a Christian.
This is nothing new. The only thing new is that suddenly someone is noticing it.
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Date: 2009-05-10 01:26 am (UTC)From:it doesn't exist until someone observes it!
Hey...question: They can't drum you out on religious grounds can they? [even in the 70's I think that would be going too far].. so someone could theoretically put Satanist[Evangelical] in the Religion box, right?
I would love to see them try to argue there was No Such Religion...
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Date: 2009-05-10 12:49 pm (UTC)From:The problem with standing up to the lunatic religious types, is that for officers, promotion is based on selection for good assignments and reviews by superior officers. Needless to say, if you are seen as a 'troublemaker' or someone who doesn't fall into the acceptable parameters, then forget it.
Hence my retirement at 20 years as a Major.