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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

ACLU Lawyers Messing With Soldiers Right to Pray


Soldiers have a right to pray.

If you look closely at the picture above, you will note that all the
Marines pictured are bowing their heads. That's because they're praying.

This incident took place at a recent ceremony honoring the Birthday of the Corps, and it has the ACLU up in arms.

"These are federal employees," says Lucius Traveler, a spokesman for the ACLU, "on federal property and on federal time. For them to pray is clearly an establishment of religion, and we must nip this in the bud immediately."


When asked about the ACLU's charges, Colonel Jack Fessender, speaking for the Commandant of the Marine Corps said (cleaned up a bit), "Screw the ACLU." GOD Bless Our Warriors, Send the ACLU to France.

What's wrong with the picture? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Prayer for our soldiers.

"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they Protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they Perform for us in our time of need. I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen."





IMPORTANT UPDATE: ACLU Opposition to Marines Praying-Fiction!

Summary of the eRumor
The eRumor is accompanied by a picture with a group of Marines bowed in prayer.
It quotes an ACLU spokesperson named Lucius Traveler as saying that they are government employees who are on government property and that such prayer needs to be stopped.


The Truth:

This is false.

The ACLU says it has not issued any opposition to military personnel praying and that there is no one named Lucius Traveler in their ranks.

We have not been able to find a "Colonel Jack Fessender" who is quoted in the eRumor as responding to the ACLU.

J.R. Says:

Further investigation into this story appears to show that this was a rumor circulated via email. I apologize for posting this and talking about it on the show without checking further. This is not my usual MO. I should have done a little more research, while we certainly can attack the ACLU for the things it does oppose, this is certainly not one of them.


Hat Tip to the anonymous reader who brought this to my attention.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ACLU Opposition to Marines Praying-Fiction!
bullet Summary of the eRumor
The eRumor is accompanied by a picture with a group of Marines bowed in prayer.
It quotes an ACLU spokesperson named Lucius Traveler as saying that they are government employees who are on government property and that such prayer needs to be stopped.
bullet The Truth
This is false.
The ACLU says it has not issued any opposition to military personnel praying and that there is no one named Lucius Traveler in their ranks.

We have not been able to find a "Colonel Jack Fessender" who is quoted in the eRumor as responding to the ACLU.

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/aclu-marines.htm

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