Army recruitment office told to remove ‘God and Country’ poster

[rangerrebew]

Army recruitment office told to remove ‘God and Country’ poster

 
 By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times - Saturday, January 17, 2015


A poster with the message “On a mission for both God and Country” on display outside a recruiting station in Phoenix was removed Friday morning after it was brought to the attention of the the Army Recruiting Command.

The poster features a Special Forces patch and Ranger, Airborne, and Special Forces tabs with a “stock image” the command makes available for local recruiters to use, “but the text was changed by the local recruiting personnel,” and not cleared by command headquarters, spokesman Brian Lepleytold the Army Times on Friday.
 

“Had the process been followed, the copy shown would not have been approved,” Mr. Lepley added.
 
It was unclear when the display first went up, but images of the sandwich board have popped up on online forums on Reddit and Flickr with dates as far back as October. The command first became aware of the sign on Friday morning, Army Times reported.

On Thursday another image of the poster appeared in a post on the Daily Kos from Mikey Weinsten, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

In the post, which now has over 400 comments, Mr. Weinstein called the display a “stunning, unconstitutional disgrace” and labeled it the “Poster of Shame.”
 

Army Recruiting Command is investigating who ordered and/or the display, Mr. Lepley told the Army Times.

“”The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is delighted that the Constitution has been adhered to by the U.S. Army Recruiting Command,” Weinstein said after the poster was removed, the newspaper reported. “But whoever, in any way, shape or form, allowed that poster to be designed, prepared and displayed, those individuals should be aggressively investigated and very visibly punished.”


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[andy58-in-nh]

Yeah, we can't afford for our Armed Forces to offend anyone, now can we?

Mikey is what my people would call a schmuck.  He pretends to represent a pro-military and pro-Constitutional viewpoint. In actuality, he seeks the abolition of religion from public life, in direct contravention of the Constitution, which protects the free exercise of religion everywhere in America. 

Something tells me he never served in combat, where men in uniform pray openly, in groups and by themselves all the time, for a chance to go home again.

[rangerrebew]

If the sign said allah and country, no one would say a word.

[Oceander]

The US military is not, and ought not be seen as being, on a mission for God.  That pesky little thing called the First Amendment.

[andy58-in-nh]

The US military is not, and ought not be seen as being, on a mission for God.  That pesky little thing called the First Amendment.

True enough. But chaplains serve in each US active duty unit, and for a reason.

[rangerrebew]

True enough. But chaplains serve in each US active duty unit, and for a reason.

There are plenty of muslim chaplains now, more than the number of muslims would warrant.

[truth_seeker]

There are plenty of muslim chaplains now, more than the number of muslims would warrant.

Prove that statement.

[Oceander]

True enough. But chaplains serve in each US active duty unit, and for a reason.

Because the US Army is on a mission for God?  In some religions that's called jihad.  Are you saying the US Army is engaged in jihad for God?