Military assigned a full-time bodyguard to protect atheist soldier out of fear for his safety

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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/08/atheist.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText?iref

Atheist soldier sues Army for 'unconstitutional' discrimination

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (CNN) -- Army Spc. Jeremy Hall was raised Baptist.

Like many Christians, he said grace before dinner and read the Bible before bed. Four years ago when he was deployed to Iraq, he packed his Bible so he would feel closer to God.

He served two tours of duty in Iraq and has a near perfect record. But somewhere between the tours, something changed. Hall, now 23, said he no longer believes in God, fate, luck or anything supernatural.

Hall said he met some atheists who suggested he read the Bible again. After doing so, he said he had so many unanswered questions that he decided to become an atheist.

His sudden lack of faith, he said, cost him his military career and put his life at risk. Hall said his life was threatened by other troops and the military assigned a full-time bodyguard to protect him out of fear for his safety.

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1. Military assigned a full-time bodyguard to protect Christian soldier out of fear for his safety....

oh, wait a minute, that doesn't sound right...

:crazy:

[hacktivist]

2. Military assigned a full-time bodyguard to protect atheist soldier out of fear for his safety

This story broke some time ago. The military has become a venue for the fringe right and this solider is very brave to stand up to them.

I hope nothing happens to him and that he can help change a military stuck in a downward spiral.

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[roguevalley]

4. the army and marines are stocked with people who would never

be allowed in before this. there are nuts and criminals in there. too bad. another legacy from bush.

[Fumesucker]

5. They weren't letting Christians in?

I did not know that.

/johnny carson

Stands to reason that it's not the other atheist soldiers threatening the atheist, and I kind of doubt that it is the Pagans, Wiccans, Buddhists or Jews doing the threatening either.

[orleans]

6. bush's war--bush's army

"In March, Hall filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, among others. In the suit, Hall claims his rights to religious freedom under the First Amendment were violated and suggests that the United States military has become a Christian organization."