Military Atheist Petition Breaks 20,000 Signatures
It took about 16 months, but a WhiteHouse.gov petition by MRFF activist Dustin Chalker finally crossed 20,000 signatures.
As discussed previously, the petition — “End the Military’s Discrimination against Non-Religious Service Members” — claims the US military forces troops to participate in “religious rituals.” As you may recall, Chalker is the same person who made the ridiculous assertion that being present — just respectfully standing silent — while others pray is the same thing as participating in that prayer.
Under current rules, a survey has to reach 25,000 before it even qualifies for a response, though Chalker’s was created before that minimum was elevated from 5,000.
It remains the third oldest petition unanswered by the White House. The White House has responded to many petitions since Chalker initiated his, including one about the President’s ale and one at least militarily-related.
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Actually, in order to receive a response from the White House (We the People), a petition now needs to garner 100,000 signatures.
There are 2 threshold. The first requires that in order for a petition to be ‘searchable’ it has to get 150 signatures within 30 days. The 2 threshold requires a petition receive 100,000 signatures within 30 days.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/how-why/terms-participation
Seeing as how this petition is over a year old, I guess it deserves a congrats for finally passing ‘the mark.’
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