{"id":40137,"date":"2017-03-06T00:25:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T03:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=40137"},"modified":"2017-03-06T02:19:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T05:19:43","slug":"military-religious-freedom-sikhs-and-christians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/06\/military-religious-freedom-sikhs-and-christians\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Religious Freedom, Sikhs, and Christians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31755\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sikhtrio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sikhtrio.jpg 800w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sikhtrio-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;When Army leaders or other government officials fail to protect the rights of Sikh soldiers, Muslim prisoners and other religious minorities, they weaken the rights of everyone, [said Douglas Laycock, a distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia.].<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Religious freedom is an all-or-nothing proposition. <strong>The arguments the government makes in cases about Sikhs and Muslims, and the judicial precedents it establishes when it wins, are fully available to use against Christians<\/strong>,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The same holds true in reverse, of course: The judicial <!--more-->precedents established when Sikhs <em>win<\/em> are fully available to Christians, as well.\u00a0\u00a0And that makes Mikey Weinstein shudder &#8212; because they <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2017\/03\/03\/us-soldier-combining-religious-military-uniform-inspires-confidence\/\"><em>are winning<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can read the context of this quote in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865673967\/The-battle-between-Sikh-soldiers-and-the-US-Army-over-religious-rights.html\">long and comprehensive article<\/a> on the Sikh struggle for military religious freedom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-action=\"like\" data-size=\"small\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-share=\"true\"><\/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-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;When Army leaders or other government officials fail to protect the rights of Sikh soldiers, Muslim prisoners and other religious minorities, they weaken the rights of everyone, [said Douglas Laycock, a distinguished professor of law at the University of Virginia.]. &#8220;Religious freedom is an all-or-nothing proposition. 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