Military atheists to hold Rock festival at Fort Bragg
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2012-03-14/military-atheists-fort-bragg/53540022/1?csp=24&kjnd=3MBpHbozrJiTiEzCLFs8x7whYVWaYLwVHeoWV%2BPbyfzUnD0z5bkNQm6jgUTV4nRj-0bbb1a23-28d5-4815-b718-99b5017bc9dc_wFto9%2BKQBGTS5DMMfE7ZY8x3FGS0OATqv6wa6u%2FmzUZEIqK4u3VE93km0SkxuyozAfter more than a year of planning, atheists in the military will stage a public festival and rock concert celebrating their lack of religious beliefs at North Carolina's Fort Bragg, one of the largest U.S. military bases.
Dubbed Rock Beyond Belief, the event is believed to be the first of its kind to highlight "freethought" — atheism, humanism and skepticism — on a U.S. military base.
Organizers hope the March 31 event will lead to broader recognition and support of nonbelievers in the armed forces, where they say they receive little support and often discrimination from an overly Christianized military.
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Still, the concert has its critics. The Associated Gospel Churches, an organization of independent evangelical churches that endorses chaplains for the military, has asked the Department of Defense to step in. "What we want to see is the Secretary of Defense say enough of this nonsense and shut this thing off," said Chaplain James Poe, president of AGC. "It is not in any way constructive to military discipline. It reeks with rebellion. The Army has had for years a sense of core values and this tears down those values. It is an assault on the things Army people hold most dear and it needs to stop."
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oh...ary...miltary atheists...
nevermind.
When I read the title in the Forum, I was thinking rock festival.
And saying to my self 
The separation of church and state is not one of the core values the Army holds dear? So what exactly reeks with rebellion? Are you saying the Army will be immoral without gawd? That religion is what keeps them from running around and killing people?
Last time I checked the Army doesn't get to make that choice about church and state matters. The chaplin corps is there to attend to the religious, not to convert, nor proselytize, nor corral into revival meetings on orders form their CO.
Frankly sir you should concern yourself with the issues which concern your office and leave the rest of us the fuck alone. Would you prefer to dress in Pirate's Garb to conduct a service for Pastafarians? You do realize that it's a numbers game to have the religion recognized and you'll have to add an eyepatch and tricorn hat to your kit
