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Originally Posted by Azure
I take beef with the ridiculous notion that this has something to do with religious reasons, and isn't just some General abusing his power in a way that involves a Christian rock concert.
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Well, there may be religious reasons behind it but I agree that right now it needs to be looked at as an officer abusing power over his troops; however to deny that the American military does have a track record for favoring and proselytizing Christianity is silly, whether or not that was the case here remains to be seen.
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Originally Posted by Azure
Seems like anything 'religious' is criticized, and yet the same General could force 80 of his troops to do cleanup because of any other reason, and nobody would even say anything, let alone start a thread about it.
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The army is government. Seperation of Church and State. Him making them clean up for another reason probably would be frowned upon but it wouldn't directly run counter to government policy as well known as that.