"Something is missing from the Riverside Dining Facility at Patrick Air Force Base: the traditional POW/MIA “Missing Man” table.
Such tables, a mainstay at military bases and veterans’ organizations, are set for six, one for each service — the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard and civilian personnel — representing personnel missing in action or taken as prisoners of war.
The table was removed from Florida’s Patrick Air Force Base because of one item traditionally placed on the table — a copy of the Bible, according to Florida Today.
“I’m still looking for somebody in a leadership position in the Air Force with an ounce of courage,” retired Army Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin told Fox. “They buckle to an extreme minority group every time, and constitutionally, they are simply wrong.”
U.S. Rep. John Fleming, R-La., took issue with the anonymity of the person who lodged the complaint.
“Since when does one unnamed, unknown individual have veto power over the First Amendment rights of all people in the military and in this case the Air Force?” he asked.
If the Air Force decides to re-introduce the table without the Bible, it should add another slice of lemon in its stead — to remind us of the bitter taste of capitulation by an entire branch if the United States military to the whims an unnamed, unknown individual." RWN
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
Romans 8:7
P.S.-WHO CARES if someone complains about a Bible on the table (which has always been part of the display over the years). No one is forcing them to go over & open it up & read it....STOP pandering to bitter atheists who keep wanting to spoil these events for people....
Such tables, a mainstay at military bases and veterans’ organizations, are set for six, one for each service — the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy, Coast Guard and civilian personnel — representing personnel missing in action or taken as prisoners of war.
The table was removed from Florida’s Patrick Air Force Base because of one item traditionally placed on the table — a copy of the Bible, according to Florida Today.
“I’m still looking for somebody in a leadership position in the Air Force with an ounce of courage,” retired Army Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin told Fox. “They buckle to an extreme minority group every time, and constitutionally, they are simply wrong.”
U.S. Rep. John Fleming, R-La., took issue with the anonymity of the person who lodged the complaint.
“Since when does one unnamed, unknown individual have veto power over the First Amendment rights of all people in the military and in this case the Air Force?” he asked.
If the Air Force decides to re-introduce the table without the Bible, it should add another slice of lemon in its stead — to remind us of the bitter taste of capitulation by an entire branch if the United States military to the whims an unnamed, unknown individual." RWN
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
Romans 8:7
P.S.-WHO CARES if someone complains about a Bible on the table (which has always been part of the display over the years). No one is forcing them to go over & open it up & read it....STOP pandering to bitter atheists who keep wanting to spoil these events for people....
