For nearly two decades, the U.S. Army has provided an honor guard for an Independence Day celebration at a Baptist church that predates the founding of the nation. But this year – that tradition has come to an end.
Officials at Fort Gordon say they will not be able to send an honor guard to a July 5th service at Abilene Baptist Church because it violates a military policy banning any involvement in a religious service
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That is total bull shit. There is no such policy. If there were, it would be in violation of the military's own production of religious services, several times a week on every military post in the country and overseas deployed areas. Plus, military prayer breakfasts and crap like that. It would also totally wipe out sending honor guards and buglers to funeral details (which are 100% religious in nature, even for athiets). A non religious funeral would look like dumping the body off at the landfill, attended by whoever was on duty that day. It would close Arlington National cemetary and remove the honor guards at the tombs of the unknowns. More likely, some local bureacrat simply doesn't want to support THAT church anymore.
ReplyDeleteBut for the record, I would be in favor of them not sending an honor guard to a church. That means that some poor dumb private looses his weekend holiday so that a church he doesn't attend can put on a nice show for their own members. If an honor guard is that important to them, they can eaisly create one of their own. It isn't that hard.
Good points.
DeleteIt is also relevant that the US Army has been cutting back on a lot of things like this. They all cost money and we are broke. FLAT BUSTED. We can't even cover all the honor guards needed for all the Greated Generation funerals and are pushing them off to local VFW's to support.
ReplyDeleteWe can't even cover all the honor guards needed for all the Greated Generation funerals and are pushing them off to local VFW's to support.
DeleteI remember that.