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Theocons at the Pentagon; Exclusive Video!
This Shockwave Productions YouTube exclusive collects scenes from the original posted at the Christian Embassy website. The scenes included show officers in uniform and high ranking civilians inside the Pentagon promoting their religion. Most of the cut scenes had testimonials from civilians including; ex-Congressmen Tom Delay, Greshm Barrett, J.D. Hayworth and John Carter (all Republicans), presidential appointees in Washington and, incongruously, foreign ambassadors or their relatives. The original is 12 minutes long and was available at the Christian Embassy website here it was taken down when the controversy erupted only to be inserted again with a disclaimer and finally taken down permanently : "Out of respect for those we serve, we have removed the promotional video from our website until further notice." You see, there is a bit of a problem here; you are not supposed to proselytize in uniform while you perform your normal duties. I hope you paid attention to General Catton's comment about how he introduces himself and to Colonel Benson's take on what is needed for the GWOT, right out of General Boykin's playbook. General Catton seems to have survived a previous incident where he used an official email account to request campaign contributions for a Republican congressional candidate in Colorado Springs. Contrast all this with the email received by Mikey Weinstein's son. A bit of background first. Mikey has been fighting a David v. Goliath fight, hopefully not a Don Quixote v. Windmills type, against religious intolerance at the Air Force Academy. He is the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. His recently published book; "With God on Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military" tells the gripping story of the religious persecution he and his two sons (also graduates, now serving as Air Force Officers) suffered while they were cadets because they were Jews. When Casey Weinstein and his wife Amanda (also an Academy graduate) requested permission to appear in an upcoming documentary (Constantine's Sword) based on the book, they received this official email
From: Lebling Keith CIV SAF/PAN [mailto:Keith.Lebling@pentagon.af.mil] Can you see the double standard? These people obviously see no problem talking about their religion in an environment where rank is everything. As you can see; with fundie Commander in Chief and VP, with Generals like Weida, Catton and Boykin being promoted in spite of all the controversies surrounding them due to their religious and political activities, with James Dobson and Ted Haggard asking for payback since the 2004 win in Ohio the assault on the separation of church and military (part of the state) by the religious right goes on unabated and the theocons are on a rampage. Also posted at My Left Wing.
Theocons at the Pentagon; Exclusive Video! | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)
Theocons at the Pentagon; Exclusive Video! | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)
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