Removal of Army Chapel Cross an “Attack on Christianity”
An unnamed US Soldier in Afghanistan took personal umbrage at the removal of a cross from the local chapel.
U.S. soldiers assigned to Camp Marmal in northern Afghanistan said the removal of a cross from an Army chapel has created a “huge controversy” and at least one soldier called it a “direct attack against Christianity and Judaism.”
How Judaism plays into it isn’t exactly clear, but if the facts are correctly laid out in the article, he may actually have a point:
The chapel is used for general Protestant services and a Baptist church service. There is a smaller chapel used for other services. The camp also has a mosque and a German chapel that is used for Catholic services.
In other words, every faith group has a place to ‘call their own.’ What do you think the chances are the mosques are identifiably Islamic?
Irrelevant, some will say: The regulation says Read more