U.S. Soldiers Punished For Not Attending Christian Concert

Modbert · Aug 19, 2010

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On May 13, 2010, about eighty soldiers, stationed at Fort Eustis while attending a training course, were punished for opting out of attending one of these Christian concerts. The headliner at this concert was a Christian rock band called BarlowGirl, a band that describes itself as taking "an aggressive, almost warrior-like stance when it comes to spreading the gospel and serving God."

Any doubt that this was an evangelical Christian event was cleared up by the Army post's newspaper, the Fort Eustis Wheel, which ran an article after the concert that began:

"Following the Apostle Paul's message to the Ephesians in the Bible, Christian rock music's edgy, all-girl band BarlowGirl brought the armor of God to the warriors and families of Fort Eustis during another installment of the Commanding General's Spiritual Fitness Concert Series May 13 at Jacobs Theater."
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"Those of us that chose not to attend (about 80, or a little less that half) were marched back to the company area. At that point the NCO issued us a punishment. We were to be on lock-down in the company (not released from duty), could not go anywhere on post (no PX, no library, etc). We were to go to strictly to the barracks and contact maintenance. If we were caught sitting in our rooms, in our beds, or having/handling electronics (cell phones, laptops, games) and doing anything other than maintenance, we would further have our weekend passes revoked and continue barracks maintenance for the entirety of the weekend. At that point the implied message was clear in my mind 'we gave you a choice to either satisfy us or disappoint us. Since you chose to disappoint us you will now have your freedoms suspended and contact chores while the rest of your buddies are enjoying a concert.'

"At that evening, nine of us chose to pursue an EO complaint. I was surprised to find out that a couple of the most offended soldiers were actually Christian themselves (Catholic). One of them was grown as a child in Cuba and this incident enraged him particularly as it brought memories of oppression."
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In the Army.mil article, Maj. Gen. Chambers was quoted as saying, "The idea is not to be a proponent for any one religion. It's to have a mix of different performers with different religious backgrounds." But there has been no "mix of different performers with different religious backgrounds" at these concerts. Every one of them has had evangelical Christian performers, who typically not only perform their music but give their Christian testimony and read from the Bible in between songs.
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So, thoughts USMB?

DiamondDave · Aug 19, 2010

Thoughts??.. I want an actual source, not some winger site

HUGGY · Aug 19, 2010

Oh my.... The "good" Christians that always claim they don't try to force their religion on anyone have some splainin to do!

Truthmatters · Aug 19, 2010

do you really think Fox would report this?

DiamondDave · Aug 19, 2010

ANY source other than a winger site... I don't care if it is the Washington Post, Fox, CNN, Reuters, or NPR

AllieBaba · Aug 19, 2010

Crappy source, let's see some corroborating evidence.

Modbert · Aug 19, 2010

AllieBaba said: ↑

Crappy source, let's see some corroborating evidence.
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Man, you must of been so happy that DiamondDave said that so you can follow him on that one. Though you of all people saying that is ironic.

DiamondDave · Aug 19, 2010

Modbert said: ↑

AllieBaba said: ↑

Crappy source, let's see some corroborating evidence.
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Man, you must of been so happy that DiamondDave said that so you can follow him on that one.
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Well... got anything besides the winger site?

Thought not..

Exactly why there is a "Just Plain Stupid Shit By Stupid People" subforum

strollingbones · Aug 19, 2010

the majority always trys to oppress the minority....

jillian · Aug 19, 2010

DiamondDave said: ↑

Thoughts??.. I want an actual source, not some winger site
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Well, i can't speak to the article, though it does seem consistent with this article from army.mil news

apparently major gen. chambers, a born again christian, thinks you're only ethically fit for duty if you have religion shoved down your throat on a regular basis.

and they're spending our money on this because?

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