{"id":26976,"date":"2013-11-19T02:16:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T05:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=26976"},"modified":"2016-11-26T00:23:05","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T03:23:05","slug":"the-interfaith-us-military-according-to-the-huffington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/19\/the-interfaith-us-military-according-to-the-huffington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"The Interfaith US Military, According to the Huffington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Huffington Post had a photo collection &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/11\/11\/veterans-faith_n_4255151.html\">celebrat[ing] the religious diversity of the military<\/a>&#8221; on Veteran&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 Their list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>US Army Chaplain (1LT) <strong>David Frommer<\/strong>, a Jewish chaplain who once wrote about his <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/29\/jewish-chaplain-considers-messianic-jews\/\">interactions with Messianic Jews in the military<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>US Army SFC <strong>Naida Christian Nova<\/strong>, a Catholic who filed a federal complaint after the Army allegedly refused to relieve her of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/soldier-says-she-faced-harassment-over-muslim-name-184337269.html\">harassment for her (former) Arabic-sounding name<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>US Army Chaplain <!--more-->(Capt) <strong>Thomas Dyer<\/strong>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/03\/buddhist-chaplain-to-open-army-meditation-center\/\">Baptist-preacher-turned-Buddhist-chaplain<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.medalsofamerica.com\/only-marines-former-marines\/\">Former Marine<\/a> Sgt <strong>Paul Loebe<\/strong>, an <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/27\/atheists-target-military-memorials-again\/\">activist atheist<\/a> who took over for outspoken US Army Sgt Justin Griffith, who has apparently been &#8220;ordered&#8221; to cease his public comments.<\/li>\n<li>Retired US Marine Col <strong>Doug Burpee<\/strong>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nysun.com\/opinion\/muslims-in-the-military\/31393\/\">Muslim who was a fighter pilot<\/a> with the callsign &#8220;Hadji,&#8221; which SFC Nova (above)\u00a0said was pejorative.<\/li>\n<li>Captain (actually Major) <strong>Kamaljeet Sing Kalsi<\/strong>, a Sikh for whom <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/sikh-doctors-serves-from-love-of-country\/\">religious waivers were granted<\/a> from the Army uniform standards.<\/li>\n<li>Rev. <strong>Tony Gatlin<\/strong>, a local San Antonio resident who leads a <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/15\/wiccan-service-packed-at-air-force-basic-training\/\">Wiccan service for Air Force Basic trainees<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>US Rep. <strong>Tulsi Gabbard<\/strong>, a <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/14\/hindu-national-guard-soldier-elected-to-congress\/\">Hindu and US Army National Guard<\/a> Captain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A commenter on the site wondered why the celebration of diversity failed to include Protestant Christians, the largest faith group in the US military.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Huffington Post had a photo collection &#8220;celebrat[ing] the religious diversity of the military&#8221; on Veteran&#8217;s Day.\u00a0 Their list: US Army Chaplain (1LT) David Frommer, a Jewish chaplain who once wrote about his interactions with Messianic Jews in the military. 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