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You remember when the atheist community was up in arms about Fort Bragg holding an evangelical festival designed to convert soldiers and civilians alike? You remember the active duty U.S. Army Sergeant who stood up and demanded equal opportunity for the atheistic point of view to be heard and scheduled “Rock Beyond Belief”, a festival [...]
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Mikey Weinstein On Countdown
January 6th, 2011 
Daniel Fincke Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Your Thoughts?
How DADT Made Things Worse For Gays In The Military Than They Were
January 1st, 2011 Daniel Fincke A Daily Dish reader’s first hand experience: before DADT the policy was more about conduct at least in the minds of the commanding officers, not the mere mention of the fact that one was gay or had those inclinations. I joined the Army National Guard in 1988 and was called up for a time in [...]
Posted in Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Homosexuality, LGBTQAA, Military 
Tags: Don't Ask Don't Tell 
1 Comment »Daily Hilarity: The Splendid Chaps Of The Military
December 26th, 2010 Daniel Fincke Your Thoughts?
McChrystal The Torturer
June 23rd, 2010 Daniel Fincke I have never liked General McChrystal being allowed to run our Afghanistan operations. Long before his current foolish comments in Rolling Stone that have gotten him fired and replaced by General Petraeus, he should have been brought up on charges of war crimes: “Once, somebody brought it up with the colonel. ‘Will [the Red Cross] [...]
Posted in Andrew Sullivan, Law & Politics, Military, News Discussion, Politics Tags: Stanley McChrystal, Torture No Comments »Atheists In Foxholes
May 31st, 2010 Daniel Fincke While on this day we Americans honor all those service people who have lost their lives fighting for causes of freedom, here’s a special tribute to those who were, or are, willing to risk their lives without even any belief they could get them back if they lost them: Thanks to ChuckyJesus666. Your Thoughts?
Posted in Atheism, Atheist Videos, Atheistic Ethics, Military, Videos Tags: Atheists in Military No Comments »US Soldier Taunts Iraqi Kids On Video
May 28th, 2010 Daniel Fincke He asks them if they perform certain gay sex acts and will grow up to be terrorists who plant IEDs: Your Thoughts?
The Hard Case Against Perpetual War
November 7th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Salon’s Glenn Greenwald, an uncompromising, non-partisan champion of civil liberties and opponent of U.S. violations of the Geneva Conventions and the Constitution, sat down with Bill Moyers the end of last month and made a sobering case about the self-perpetuating character of war in America. I feel very conflicted personally since even though I opposed [...]
Posted in Barack Obama, Military, News Discussion, Politics, Videos, World Affairs Tags: Afghanistan, Bill Moyers, Civil Liberties, Glenn Greenwald, Left Wing Politics, Peace, Salon.com, War No Comments »Judge This: Obama’s Speech On Gay Rights To Human Rights Campaign Last Night
October 11th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Here’s a key 2:34. And the full text, via the White House Press Office: REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN DINNER Walter E. Convention Center Washington, D.C. 8:10 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, everybody. Please, you’re making me blush. (Laughter.) AUDIENCE MEMBER: We love you, Barack! THE PRESIDENT: I love you back. [...]
Posted in Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Gay Rights, LGBTQAA, Military, Politics Tags: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Human Rights Campaign No Comments »Navy Chaplain Prays Imprecatory Prayers Against Critic Of Military Proselytization, Provokes Harrassment
October 6th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Here is the creepy and malicious prayer: Mikey Weinstein, the target of that mean-spirited prayer is the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. He is suing over such actions from Klingenschmitt and Jim Ammerman to stop them from “encouraging, soliciting, directing, abetting or attempting to induce others to engage in similar conduct.” Weinstein, who [...]
Judge This: Should The US Military Be Sponsoring The Proselytization Of US Troops?
September 29th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Unreasonable Faith reports on news that it’s already happening: “Operation Straight Up” has been allowed to provide entertainment to troops with the goal of “sharing the gospel with soldiers in combat” — something they say has never been allowed before: Capt. Chris Plekenpol, a spokesman for OSU, was responsible for the lives of 100 men [...]
Convincing Muslims America’s On A Crusade
September 22nd, 2009 Daniel Fincke Chris Rodda has ten great tips on how we can do it! via Friendly Atheist Your Thoughts?
Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Islam, Military, Politics, Religion, Religious Extremism, Separation of Church and State, Theocracy Tags: Chris Rodda, Christian Evangelism, Christianity in Military, Crusades, Huffington Post, Militaristic Religion, Religion In Military, The Great Commission No Comments »Disturbing First Hand Account Of Our Christianist Military
August 26th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Via Unreasonable Faith, comes this piece written by an Army Officer and West Point graduate. Reading this has boiled my blood like nothing in a long time: During my second year at the West Point, my Squad Leader for summer training expressed disapproval on numerous occasions with my being Jewish, and, during one mission, [...]
Insect Cyborgs
July 15th, 2009 Daniel Fincke The military is developing technology that, when surgically implanted into an insect, would allow us to control its flight: Instead of attempting to create miniature robots as spies, researchers are now experimenting with developing insect cyborgs or “cybugs” that could work even better. So far scientists can already control the flight of moths using implanted [...]
Religion in the US Military
June 30th, 2009 Daniel Fincke A report from Al-Jazeera English “We’re government paid missionaries when we leave here.”
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