{"id":54578,"date":"2014-08-15T10:44:32","date_gmt":"2014-08-15T14:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=54578"},"modified":"2014-08-15T10:45:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T14:45:31","slug":"navy-replaces-bibles-in-lodges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=54578","title":{"rendered":"Navy replaces Bibles in lodges"},"content":{"rendered":"

The other day, the Navy removed from it’s temporary lodgings bibles placed by the folks from Gideon International, a Christian organization known for that practice. The atheists celebrated it as some sort of great accomplishment, for some reason. The Navy has now reversed that policy decision, according to Stars & Stripes<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Atheists had cheered a victory after a complaint prompted the exchange to begin moving the Bibles to its lost-and-found bins this summer, but the Navy said the decision was made without consulting senior leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat decision and our religious accommodation policies with regard to the placement of religious materials are under review,\u201d Navy spokesman Cmdr. Ryan Perry wrote in an email to Stars and Stripes. \u201cWhile that review is under way, religious materials removed from Navy Lodge rooms will be returned.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know the atheists think the First Amendment protects them from religion, but anyone with a 1st Grade education knows that’s not the founders’ intent at all. Every hotel I’ve ever been in has had a Bible placed in the nightstand from the Gideon folks and it hasn’t influenced me to change my ways, probably because I’m a true free thinker and can make own decisions without being influenced by the mere sight of the Holy Bible.<\/p>\n

The memo was prompted by a complaint in March by the Freedom from Religion Foundation, a Wisconsin atheist group that claims 21,000 members including hundreds of active-duty troops and veterans.<\/p>\n

The group sent a letter claiming the Navy is showing an unconstitutional preference for Christianity. Staff attorney Sam Grover said a couple of members had served more than 20 years in the military and said they had never seen any other religious text in Navy lodging other than the Bible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat demonstrates the Navy\u2019s preference for Christianity over all other religions and nonreligious sects,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Just the name of their little club is enough to make me stay from them. <\/p>\n

Good for the Navy to ignore the small-minded anti-intellectuals who are so insecure in their lack of beliefs that they feel a need to force it on the rest of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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