Michelle Malkin » P.C. insanity and the Pentagon

P.C. insanity and the Pentagon

By Michelle Malkin • June 24, 2004 11:57 AM

Oh, dear Lord. WBIR reports:

An East Tennessee man who runs an organization that works to memorialize American soldiers and police officers is now battling the U.S. Army.

Bob Parker runs a non-profit organization called “Fallen Friend.” Since 1996, Parker has sent special medallions to the survivors of soldiers and police officers killed in the line of duty.

On one side of the medallions is a picture of the Liberty Bell; on the other is a reference to a Bible verse.

“That is Jesus’ word, John 15:13,” says Parker. “The verse says ‘No greater man has any love than than a man lay down his life for his friends’.”

Although Parker has been working with all the branches of the U.S. military to send the medals to surviving family members, he recently received a letter from the Army informing him that because the medals contain a religious reference, the Army can no longer facilitate their distribution.

Via Tongue Tied and Seven Inches of Sense.

Reminds me of this.

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On August 9th, 2007 at 4:18 pm, Mack08 said:

I bet you dollars to non-illegal hiring Dunkin Donuts that whomever sent that letter was either a non-Christian chaplain or in some form or fashion associated with an Army “equal opportunity” office.

Wait, on second thought it probably was from one of the legion of wishy-washy chaplains whose main focus is being all inclusive instead of sticking to the tenants of their faith.