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A Humanist Forced Out For Being Out As a Humanist

A Humanist Forced Out For Being Out As a Humanist

Anonymous guest post regarding life for nonbelievers in the military. As I packed my bags for redeployment within theater, I continue to wonder if I’ve been discriminated against for my requests for equality. It probably started when I was in … Continue reading

Family Research Council Advertises Military Humanism

Family Research Council Advertises Military Humanism

The Family Research Council has chosen to celebrate Humanism as a way to advance its agenda of hate against LGBT persons. FRC has accepted a guest blog from an anonymous (and prudent) Air Force officer. The blog lays out the … Continue reading

Chaplains Are Atheists In Foxholes

Chaplains Are Atheists In Foxholes

This Memorial Day, the Washington Post examined how some chaplains struggle to reconcile their faith with the terrors of war: “What happens when the military chaplain is shaken by war” by Michelle Boorstein. The article provides some candid and real … Continue reading

Michigan National Guard Deploys to Muslim Nation from Christian Church

Michigan National Guard Deploys to Muslim Nation from Christian Church

Is this what we’ve come to? The Department of Defense gleefully posts a raft of photos as the Michigan Army National Guard deploys from a Baptist Church, giant cross in the background, and soldiers seated as choir apparently to sing … Continue reading

Evangelical Christian Prayer Chosen for Women Ranger Graduation

Evangelical Christian Prayer Chosen for Women Ranger Graduation

PBS recently published a video with a sectarian prayer to Jesus Christ as the invocation for a mandatory, large-scale, and politically important Ranger graduation that included the first women Rangers. The chaplain officer offered an invocation, not simply secular, not … Continue reading