{"id":62299,"date":"2015-10-13T11:52:09","date_gmt":"2015-10-13T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62299"},"modified":"2015-10-13T11:52:09","modified_gmt":"2015-10-13T15:52:09","slug":"god-bless-the-military-sign-stays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62299","title":{"rendered":"“God bless the Military” sign stays"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, Mikey Weinstein and his Military Religious Freedom Foundation<\/a> complained about a sign on Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe which proclaimed “God Bless the Military” which is somehow offensive to the godless. MustangCryppie sends us a link to Military.com<\/a> which reports that the commander of the base, Colonel Sean C. Killeen replied to the group that they should look for something else to complain about;<\/p>\n

“This sign will remain in its present location and not be altered in any way,” Killeen said in the letter. He explained that “God bless” is commonly used in Western culture and that there are numerous references to God in the country’s symbols, songs, mottos and oaths. “This sign has the secular purpose of conveying a message of support, does not advance or inhibit religion or any particular faith, nor does it foster excessive government entanglement with religion.”<\/p>\n

He added that the sign was erected after Sept. 11, 2001, to support service members who were deploying in response to the attacks and has served as “a secular symbol of general support and encouragement” for more than a decade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The MFers suggested some changes to the sign to make it more palatable to heathens; <\/p>\n

Some suggestions offered were: “Yahweh Bless …,” “Allah Bless …,” “Goddess Bless …,” and “There is no god to bless … We have each other.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s very revealing that they would suggest “Allah bless”, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

Not being a particularly religious person myself, I don’t feel at all threatened by people who are religious. I guess that I’m actually the embodiment of “free exercise of religion”. A sign doesn’t shake me to my soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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