New Lawsuit Alleges Pattern of Religious Discrimination in the Defense Department
A new lawsuit filed in Kansas City's US District Court accuses the Defense Department of violating religious freedom of an atheist soldier, and of operating under a pattern of systemic religious discrimination. From the sounds of this AP report - and Bruce Wilson's new DailyKos diary - there may be more suits on the way.
Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which is helping [the plaintiff, Jeremy] Hall with his lawsuit, said it is the first of many."We're going to expose the pernicious practice and pattern of these massive violations of the Constitution," Weinstein said. "That we had to go to this extent is just a heinous disgrace that defies any possible explanation."
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The lawsuit claims Hall was forced to "submit to a religious test as a qualification to his post as a soldier."Hall and the foundation are asking the court to block Welborne from establishing "compulsory religious practices"...