Rep Keith Ellison Keynote Speaker at Pentagon Iftar
US Representative Keith Ellison (D-Minn) was this year’s keynote speaker at the Pentagon’s annual Islamic iftar, which it celebrates during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Given the state of world...
View ArticleGroup Sues US Military for Weinstein Records
Update: Also at OneNewsNow, where Judicial Watch claims Michael Weinstein has had an “adverse affect on religious freedom in the military,” and LifeSiteNews. Judicial Watch announced it has filed a...
View ArticlePentagon Attack Survivor Tells of Faith, Survival
Texas State Senator Brian Birdwell (R-Granbury) is a retired US Army Colonel. On September 11, 2001, he was working in the Pentagon: …A second plane striking the second tower confirmed that a terrorist...
View ArticleAir Force Chief of Staff Calls out Leadership
Air Force Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh previously told Airmen to stop following guidance that was “stupid.” “If it doesn’t make common sense, if it doesn’t make the mission better, if it doesn’t...
View ArticleShaw AFB Restores Nativity at Base Chapel
Does it pass the Air Force common sense test that a Nativity is officially removed because no one else wants to put up another display alongside it? In an event that drew national attention — including...
View ArticleMilitary Religious Freedom Makes the DuffelBlog
Apparently, Michael “Mikey” Weinstein has arrived. The DuffelBlog — the military-themed takeoff of the satirical Onion website — riffed the recent controversy over the Guantanamo Bay Nativity scenes...
View ArticleTop 10 Military Religious Freedom Stories for 2013
As has been the trend for the past few years, issues of religion and the military seem to have largely fallen from the visibility they once had. This year, as religious liberty sites have compiled...
View ArticleUS Navy Disregarding DADT Repeal Plan?
The US Navy recently announced (on its continuously updated DADT page) that it had coordinated with Japan to understand that “spouse” in the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) would cover a “same-sex”...
View ArticleUS Military Publishes New Religious Freedom Guidance
A host of websites have reported the US Department of Defense has “relaxed” its rules regarding religious accommodation. More accurately, the military has updated its policies on requesting such...
View ArticleUpdate: Responses to DoD Changes on Religion Rules
There have been a wide variety of responses to the US military’s update to DODI 1300.17 (accommodating religious freedom), with language that seems to imply a more open attitude toward outward display...
View ArticleMikey Weinstein to Sue after General Endorses MRFF?
Actually, this time, Weinstein didn’t threaten a lawsuit or demand a court-martial when a senior military leader seemed to endorse a non-Federal entity — because this time the non-Federal entity was...
View ArticlePentagon Hosts Sikh Religious Event
The Pentagon Chaplain’s office hosted a Sikh event commemorating the Sikh festival Vaisakhi. On Vaisakhi day in 1699, Guru Gobind Singh summoned Sikhs from all over India to the city of Anandpur Sahib....
View ArticleUS Department of Defense Honors Muslim Faith
The Pentagon recently hosted its annual iftar, the traditional breaking of the Ramadan fast by Muslims. Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work noted the event allowed the Department of Defense to “honor”...
View ArticleFort Hood Victims to Receive Purple Hearts. Finally.
Nearly 6 years after then-US Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan killed 14 and wounded more than 30 in the massacre at Fort Hood, those victims are finally to receive the medal awarded for being “wounded in...
View ArticleReport: Hostility to Religion in US Military
The Liberty Institute recently published a 2014 edition of a 400-page report entitled “Undeniable: The Survey of Hostility to Religion in America” (PDF). Sections I, II, and III are “attacks” in the...
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