{"id":33598,"date":"2015-09-10T00:15:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T03:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=33598"},"modified":"2016-11-24T22:41:52","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T01:41:52","slug":"huffington-post-most-captivating-photo-of-navy-baptism-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/10\/huffington-post-most-captivating-photo-of-navy-baptism-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Huffington Post: Most Captivating Photo of Navy Baptism at Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris McGonigal of The Huffington Post &#8212; not precisely a bastion of conservative values &#8212; posted a list of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/best-military-photos_55e60167e4b0c818f6197676\">The Most Captivating Military Photos From August 2015<\/a>.&#8221; The first one out of the chute was of a baptism at sea conducted on the USS <em>George Washington<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/baptismsea.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"637\" \/><em>Lt. Cole Yoos [of the] Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), and Lt. Brian Kirschenbaum, a Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 chaplain, baptize Aviation Structural Mechanic (Safety Equipment) 2nd Class Ryan Norton, from Minto, North Dakota in the baptismal pool on the ship&#8217;s flight deck during a baptism-at-sea.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Better not let Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein see that.\u00a0 He thinks such displays of religious freedom like baptisms on the flight deck of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier are <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2010\/08\/13\/freedom-group-seeks-ban-on-religious-exercise-in-the-us-military\/\">propaganda for terrorists<\/a>. That means, of course, <!--more-->he wants them banned, along with other religious expression with which he disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>On second thought, we should make sure Mikey Weinstein <em>does<\/em> see it.\u00a0 Despite his vitriolic hatred of all things Christian, he <em>can&#8217;t do anything<\/em> to prevent\u00a0US troops from exercising their protected religious liberties.<\/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>Chris McGonigal of The Huffington Post &#8212; not precisely a bastion of conservative values &#8212; posted a list of &#8220;The Most Captivating Military Photos From August 2015.&#8221; The first one out of the chute was of a baptism at sea conducted on the USS George Washington: Lt. 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