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to our i do wish that his citation could have been included in this along with More background information about Riley Pitts and the unit he served with during his Days that led to him having earned the nations highest award for valor above and beyond the Call of thanks for remembering and Honor ing an american first Billy Chaney Iraq seeking respect int whining7 when i read the May 20 letter religious minority my initial reaction was Shock that stars and stripes would even publish something so openly bigoted and if the letter writer had substituted any other demo graphic besides would the letter have still run for what if he had indicated that jews were or catholics or muslims then i saw the quotations around the word and i became it is people like this writer who have led to the fight for religious Freedom in this Tell us what you think stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials and columns that Are published in the and values letters on topics of importance in the lives of our All letters must be and must include the writers address or base and Telephone please limit All letters to 300 we Reserve the right to edit letters for taste and Send your letters to mail stars and stripes unit 29480 Apoate 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email letters@8stripes.osd.mil where it should be taken for Many wiccan and More Are too scared of persecution that they practice in while their com rades feel free to study their bibles at their desk on lunch break and invite everyone to Church i am not one of those scared i am open about my i will not allow someone so Misin formed and biased to further the slander of legitimate religious Al though we May be the we Are still tired of struggling with the chaplains just to have our discussion group mentioned in the newcomers and were also tired of having to listen to the chaplain say things like heavenly a we As christians ask you to forgive us for our Arent those prayers supposed to be nondenominational never mind that in a Are you telling me there was not one jewish person there what about the entire Wing of japanese forces attend ing Are they All Christian there Are Many More of us minorities in uniform than the letter writer were not asking for Equality is doonesbury something that cant be at the discretion of the staff Katie Mcdaniel Misawa air Japan Best school in the world let me Tell you about my school Darmstadt Germany Middle we Are a Small school in Only about 150 on May we had our closing i started attending this school in the be ginning of the fourth Quarter this coming from a big school with More than you were just a Here everything is even the teachers you dont have Are Friendly and recognize you our Counse explained everything i needed to know and even checked on me during the first few the students i cant say there was a single one of them who didst make me feel the teach ers Are awesome who teaches i feel like she 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