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ombudsman welcomes comments from and can be contacted by email at of buds , or by phone at european and Pacific stars and stripes 2007 stars and stripes web site letters to the editor just an old american just when you think that this nonsense of political correctness has run its course and it get any along comes Why use the term american june where the writer expresses his reservations about being called an Ameri he wants to be politically based on the writers it is evident that this new yorker has Little or no knowl Edge of american for was never into political Cor my parents were polish jews born in i was first generation born in served 50plus years in Feder Al of which 28 were army and Marine i did not represent nor did i represent West indies or any other i represented american is the one word that unites us in time of extreme i was born lived my life As and will ultimately die and fade into oblivion As god bless the writer for his service in regardless if he is just a new York As for in just an old american signing 1st class Johnny Elesky retired Germany Acle int godless despite what the writer of Acle an oxymoron june 5 May the american civil liberties Union has Al ways fought and continues to fight first amendment rights for every it got mandatory prayer and Manda tory Bible courses taken out of Public it fought to allow the teaching of evolutionary theory and for the re Moval of religious myths science and it also led the monumental Legal Battles to end segregation and set the foundations for civil rights for All americans not just male Chris since America is not an exclusively Christian it is unjust for everyone tax dollars to fund anything remotely Reli hence the removal of mandatory not Volunteer religion and creation myths from the writer of Acle an oxymoron would be surprised to learn that in the past decade the Acle has fought and won at least 31 court decisions that support the religious rights of individual christians and organizations including Jerry Falwell from the government and i urge anyone else who has been told the Acle is evil to Check it out and see All the court cases it is involved and judge for it supports first amendment rights for every from members of the Kun flux klan and Fred Phelps funeral pro to Madalyn Murray Ohair and the american atheists Complete oppo site ends of the Why would the Acle do this if it were truly the answer it is not it is secular Neutral toward Reli just As our government was de doonesbury 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 Apo a 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email signed to secularism May not be your or my favorite stance on but it is the Only stance a just government can make that is fair to All its Andrew Gotcher logistics support area Iraq not based on one Faith i applaud stars and stripes for its unbiased attempt to bring pagans resist keeping the Faith to them selves june Mideast edition to its i have been a Pagan wiccan for 10 to get this much positive at Tention and recognition in a newspaper is mostly unheard to pagans dont belong in Chapel june i am not surprised at the writers this is typical of close minded to say another Faith is not worthy of using a military Chapel military chapels Cater to a multitude of diverse faiths because it does not agree with her Christian beliefs is she states the ridiculous reason that Pagan faiths Are not valid enough to be practice in a military Chapel because they dont worship one creator this Type of rationalizing is Mili tary chapels Are not Onefat based inst they serve the military As a i would advise her to take a look at the it provides the Freedom for one to follow any without fear of reprisal or to say it is an attack on christianity itself is pure How is it an attack on christianity the letter sounds a lot to me like the rhetoric and propaganda i hear every Day in Only they spin it about to her religious intolerance and attack on pagans Are no different than the Muslim Radical intolerant religious zealots who head the terrorist groups in staff Chadd Lindsay Camp Iraq pagans Are too in the inevitable refute to pagans dont belong in i am a deployed Pagan who practices regularly with a Small group on Forward operating base pros i have attended any num Ber of rituals Here and i was married to my wife in a Handfasting Cere and we Are going to raise our child in our what a palls me is that someone would be so hateful toward protectors of our great we Are soldiers who bleed just As much As the followers of the one True in no fan of political Correct but be damned if we pagans Are de Nied a bit of unused space at night in a building dedicated to religion to prac Tice what we have in we Are a people who practice Freedom from archaic tyrannical if the let Ter writer wants to argue irrefutable truth versus futile attempt at Wisdom what happened to i can respect pagans religious views and outlooks on just remember that the tenets of her one True god were spread by those who knew Earth was most pagans Are not asking for Only that we Are respected for who we Are As David Nagel Baghdad respect for Pagan beliefs people never cease to amaze i find it ironic How someone can say she respects others beliefs and then display that she knows nothing about those beliefs and holds nothing but contempt for something she Hast bothered to try to it would be like me i respect the beliefs of but the concept of a monotheistic god is just Doest that seem preposterous to you in if i shared the sentiments of the writer of pagans dont belong in it would be the Christian chapels that Are attacking the Pagan worshipping the construction of a Church deprives us of grounds we could use to worship in order to provide christians a place to Wor if not pagans would prefer to worship in a peaceful Grove under a Clear nighttime sky than within the con fines of some Structure made by so lets try to keep the Hogwash about spiritual warfare under All right i find it atrocious that someone can state she respects others beliefs and then suggests that those beliefs should not be sup As if the tirade about absolute and irrefutable which consigns every other form of religious belief to want it becomes Clear that she has no respect for other beliefs and she is a since the writer is so Adamant about keeping pagans out of the Why not make appeals to have a place built or doing fundraisers for donations to cover such a project that would truly show re Spect for Pagan Reading the article pagans resist keep ing the Faith to themselves shows that the pagans Are part of a study not a Wor ship so the whole foundation for the letter is Micheal Overby Forward operating base Iraq by Garry Trudeau x von know How to explain i just feel in go ing you know in comp Lenzly pfwch5p Fml hate 60ih60n which you ih610 yourj00 i
