Published on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 by TruthOut.org
Pentagon Sued Over Mandatory Christianity

by Jason Leopold

A military watchdog organization filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the Pentagon, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and a US Army major, on behalf of an Army soldier stationed in Iraq. The suit charges the Pentagon with widespread constitutional violations by allegedly trying to force the soldier to embrace evangelical Christianity and then retaliating against him when he refused.

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On Sep 18, 2007, at Sep 18, 10:19 , John Erhardt wrote:

Dear friends,

I’m about to announce the SquareState Small Donor Committee and am asking for your early support to launch this important effort to link the netroots with smart, targetting action to support progressive candidates at the state and local level.

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