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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Not just an American problem. This used to happen to me every year at army cadet camp in the summers. On Sundays they would march us off to the church, and then divide everyone into "Catholic" and "Other". Other meant you got the Protestant minister. There was no option to do anything else.
This was Canada circa 1992. Eventually I started faking heat stroke. Lying under a wet blanket for 2 hours was preferable to being preached at. Frankly, given the choice to clean the barracks, I would have happily done that.
Not sure what the policy is these days.
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Yeah, I remember the same thing at Air Cadet camp at CFB Greenwood in the early-mid 90s. Every Sunday morning was "church parade" in which you could choose to go to either the Catholic or non-specific Protestant church for religious services. If you were a non-Christian, you were not forced to attend, but you were assigned extra duties instead at the barracks (mopping floors, scrubbing toilets, etc.). My Jewish best friend was not impressed by this at all.