As one who is not a Christian, nor of any identified religion, I can fully understand that I would very likely be hounded by some zealot chaplain were I stuck in such a sitution. While I would be totally offended by such an effort, I would expect it, but still I would write it off to his individual mindless conviction. I would not, however, expect the institutionalized harrassment David Miller encountered, nor would I sit still for it. You can rest assured that every investigative news show and magazine I could contact would have a full report of each and every occurance I experienced, hounding them until such time as the story was given the weight of exposure it deserves.

In this case howe...

As one who is not a Christian, nor of any identified religion, I can fully understand that I would very likely be hounded by some zealot chaplain were I stuck in such a sitution. While I would be totally offended by such an effort, I would expect it, but still I would write it off to his individual mindless conviction. I would not, however, expect the institutionalized harrassment David Miller encountered, nor would I sit still for it. You can rest assured that every investigative news show and magazine I could contact would have a full report of each and every occurance I experienced, hounding them until such time as the story was given the weight of exposure it deserves.

In this case however, it rises above mere individual ignorant zealotry into outright religious prejudice, and is patently illegal in my understanding of the law. Every individual at that facility from the top down should be removed from thier role as an administrator for the toleration of such activity as proof of their deriliction of sworn duty.

When did the right wing religious nuts get so entrenched in various aspects of our government activities?

While The "Great" Communicator unlocked the door, it was a jack-booted mindless dummy, "The Decider", in concert with his brain, The Eastern Shore Ventriloquist Who Shoots Friends In The Face And Gets Away With It, who kicked that door down and invited those nuts to get as cozy as they liked.

A "hard sell for Christian fundamentalism" at a Vet medical facility. Ayuh, whutta load of steaming objectionables. No, I don't think it's legal, either.

I did track this back to the Navy Times article, and see that he later "outlined his complaints at a news conference in Des Moines on Thursday. The event was sponsored by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation", and that he "has been classified as 100 percent disabled because of chronic painful problems with kidney stones, and he has repeatedly visited the center as a patient and outpatient." What I didn't understand is why he had to deal with this for repeated visits as well as for "three hospitalizations over the past two years", f...

A "hard sell for Christian fundamentalism" at a Vet medical facility. Ayuh, whutta load of steaming objectionables. No, I don't think it's legal, either.

I did track this back to the Navy Times article, and see that he later "outlined his complaints at a news conference in Des Moines on Thursday. The event was sponsored by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation", and that he "has been classified as 100 percent disabled because of chronic painful problems with kidney stones, and he has repeatedly visited the center as a patient and outpatient." What I didn't understand is why he had to deal with this for repeated visits as well as for "three hospitalizations over the past two years", from what's presented here and at the blog, but the Navy Times article has much more on how far he felt he could go, and on how much he had to put up with. F'rinstance, dig the bit about the keyboarding and hymn singing in the patient waiting room (my subvocalized response was "Jesus Christ"...).

A key paragraph is "Michael Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and an attorney who worked in the White House under President Reagan, said Thursday that he is preparing to sue the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in federal court over Miller’s treatment. He said he suspects other veterans have been treated similarly and that Miller’s case could become a class-action lawsuit."