Atheist group calls move a ‘major victory’
By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal
Boy, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation sure showed them.
Earlier this month, the MRFF discovered that, at a Lexington, Kentucky, Veterans Administration facility, the so-called “Missing Man Table,” which commemorates prisoners of war and those missing in action, had a Bible on it!
Of all the issues in the world that needed to be addressed, here’s one that needed immediate addressing. In a letter to the executive director of the VA facility, the MRFF insisted they “immediately remove the illicit, unconstitutional Christian proselytizing material (from the ‘Gideons International’) organization.”
“Executive Director Armstead, you’re allowing this partisan display to promote and proselytize Christianity and ONLY Christianity is an atrocious and singularly ignominious act of illicit, unconstitutional Christian supremacy, exclusivity, triumphalism, and exceptionalism,” the group wrote in the letter.
So, the VA facility let these idiots win.
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First, according to a piece by MRFF Senior Research Director Chris Rodda on liberal commentary site Daily Kos, the VA removed the table entirely. Then, on Tuesday, the MRFF announced that they had secured a “major victory” and that the table had been restored — except with a journal in the place of a Bible.
“I am sorry to hear that you and twelve Veteran patients feel your religious freedoms were infringed upon,” Medical Center Director Russell Armstead said in his letter to the MRFF.
“Respecting the dignity of every Veteran is very important to us. We are committed to addressing all Veteran concerns as we ensure safe, high quality care for all our Veterans.
“Our commitment extends to aspects of considering the whole health of every Veteran from ensuring their rights to make their own healthcare decisions, to protecting and preserving their rights and freedoms on federal properties,” he continued.