Pew Forum interview on religion in the military


	Pew Forum interview on religion in the military

enbar

7-18-2008 12:04 PM

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interview, religion, christianity, military, islam, gwot, rels327

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A short interview with Robert Tuttle of Georgetown; focuses primarily (but not exclusively) on the legal issues associated with the chaplaincy

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7-18-2008 12:39 PM

laceym

I'm more concerned with the moral issues than the legal issues. I've been reading essays from my favorite blogger, Alonzo Fyfe, and he has written few posts on the subject of the Pledge of Allegiance. In a few of those posts he talks about the military.

A Memorial Day Dilemma: My father was one of those ‘atheists in foxholes’ who sought to make a career out of defending America and its freedoms. Yet, when the government introduced ‘under God’ into the Pledge it said that it does not care about the service of those who do not believe in God. ...

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