RE: Soldier's Baptism in Iraq
March 26, 2015 at 5:25 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2015 at 5:27 pm by Brian37.)
(March 26, 2015 at 5:21 pm)Nope Wrote:(March 26, 2015 at 5:04 pm)Brian37 Wrote: The oath of office does not prevent religious people serving in the military, OF ANY LABEL and even atheists serve. I only see this as superfluous not illegal. I would say that there should be no paid enlisted military doing it. If a holy person wants to volunteer or get paid from private churches, fine.
But if they are going to allow Christian Chaplins they have to allow other Chaplins as well.
They do allow other religions to have their leaders serve as Chaplains also.
I agree that religious soldiers should be able to practice their faith. My concern that if this occurred in as hostile an environment as the video suggests then they could have been attacked. If they had been attacked, other service members would have had to risk their lives to help them.
I know when my husband was stationed in Afghanistan, he couldn't leave the base without permission.
All religions are nutty, but when it comes to the military, when it comes to relaxation events like that, I am sure they go out of their way to make it as safe as possible.
I doubt they were breaking protocol.
I will say this, depending on unit or assignment there still is a high degree of social pressure, especially in training bases and military schools to fit in with some sort of religious activity.
