Atheist Soldier Sues: 'I Believe in Plexiglas'
If he wishes to serve his country, his belief or non-belief is irrelevant. The USA, last time I looked, had no religious requirement for citizenship or military service.
From AP, Apr 26, JUNCTION CITY, Kan. - Like hundreds of young men joining the Army in recent years, Jeremy Hall professes a desire to serve his country while it fights terrorism.
But the short and soft-spoken specialist is at the center of a legal controversy. He has filed a lawsuit alleging he's been harassed and his constitutional rights have been violated because he doesn't believe in God. The suit names Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
"I'm not in it for cash," Hall said. "I want no one else to go what I went through."
Known as "the atheist guy," Hall has been called immoral, a devil worshipper and — just as severe to some soldiers — gay, none of which, he says, is true.[..]"
He drove theists to church and paused in silence while they prayed. Seems respectful to me.
And no one has counter sued saying he was a bad soldier.
So why is it wrong for him to talk about the way he believes? The religious do it all the time.
MOST religions have fundamentalists in their ranks. This soldier's harassers act like members of a cult.
Think about it. A cult created by superstitious tribes in the Middle Eastern desert centuries ago, before science could prove them to be wrong.
We might have been better off if ALL Middle Eastern religion had stayed in the desert where it belongs. In the dust.
