Atheists in Foxholes: Preventing Religious Discrimination in the Military under an Obama Administrat [View All]

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Atheists and others with no religious affiliation make up 21% of the U.S. Armed Forces, and yet they suffer harassment, discrimination and proselytizing in a military increasingly dominated by a powerful minority of evangelical Christians. In a pre-Veterans Day proposal unveiled today (Nov. 10) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the Coalition and its member organization the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers made a series of recommendations in a memo (link below) to President-elect Barack Obama as he considers staffing and policies regarding the military.

http://www.secular.org/news/Secular_Coalition_MAAF_Obama.pdf

I am posting this to bring light to another area that needs Obama's attention. There has been a lot of talk about the civil rights of Gays and Lesbians lately being under attack by the Christian Right. How about the civil rights for the non-believers serving in our Military?

I just thought this was just as important. They may not believe in a God, but they still love this country enough to put their lives on the line.