At least a dozen members of Congress have taken notice of recent reports revealing a shocking anti-Christian bias in the US Army and are taking action. They’ve signed a letter demanding the Secretary of the Army rescind and apologize for a patently absurd briefing that labeled Evangelical Christians, Orthodox Jews, Mormons and Catholics as religious extremist groups alongside Hamas, al Qaeda and the KKK.
Fox News obtained a draft of the letter, reported Todd Starnes at Townhall:
“This is astonishing and offensive,” read a draft of the letter written by Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO). “We call on you to rescind this briefing and apologize for its content and set the record straight on the Army’s view on these faith groups by providing a balanced briefing on religious extremism.”
Army spokesman George Wright had later claimed that this affront to religion was an isolated incident not condoned by the Dept. of the Army. He said the slide that was displayed at the briefing “was not produced by the Army nor did it reflect their policy or doctrine.” Yet the training briefing was just the latest in a number of incidents involving attacks on Christianity within the ranks of the military.
Fox News also obtained a copy of an outrageous email written by a lieutenant colonel at Fort Campbell warning officers to keep and eye on soldiers supportive of the Family Research Council and American Family Association, two prominent Christian ministries that were identified as “domestic hate groups.”
“Just want to ensure everyone is somewhat educated on some of the groups out there that do not share our Army Values,” read an email from LTC Jack Rich to three dozen subordinates at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. “When we see behaviors that are inconsistent with Army Values, don’t just walk by – do the right thing and address the concern before it becomes a problem.”
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) is convinced that there’s an anti-Christian movement within the military.
King said the latest incidents remind him of when the Army banned Bibles from Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The rule was later rescinded.
“They said it was done out of ignorance,” King said. “I don’t believe it was. I believe some anti-Christian wrote that in.”
King is among the lawmakers who signed the letter to the Secretary of the Army and he’s prepared to call military officials to Capitol Hill to explain the recent incidents.
“If we’ve got to have the FBI going through federal documents scrubbing out anything that might be critical of Muslims, we surely can’t allow an anti-Christian movement taking place within our own United States military,” King said.
It is strongly suspected that the anti-Christian information the Army has been disseminating was acquired from the far left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center website. They issued a report in November 2010 labeling the Family Research Council (FRC), the American Family Association and other family advocates as “hate” groups for opposing gay marriage. Floyd Lee Corkins went to their website for ideas before he attempted a mass shooting at the Family Research Council, last August.
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