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Religion and the Military: Take Two
A while back, I wrote about the bru-ha-ha surrounding the request of a soldier’s widow to have a Wiccan symbol used on his gravestone, a right given to numerous other religions.
It appears that the cemetary is not the only problem for Wiccan’s in the military. The Washington Post is reporting the story of a Pentecostal Christian minister at Camp ( Read more... ) -
(meme) Twelve Days of Livejournal
OK, I normally don't do posts regarding "The Other December Holiday" (is that like "The Other White Meat"?). But these two are so cute, I just couldn't resist...
[snarfed from usqueba]
On the twelfth day of Chanukkah, ( Read more... ) -
The National Weather Service is a Service: Who Knew?
Reading a draft DoD directive, and I learned something I never knew ( Read more... ) -
Whatever Happened to Military Traditions?
According to Yahoo News, Defense Department officials have drafted an amendment to the manual on courts-martial that would make it an offense for U.S. troops to use the services of prostitutes. If approved, that would make it a military offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice to have contact with a prostitute. The draft rule is open to ( Read more... )
