Obama’s war on decency

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KNIGHT: Obama’s war on decency

By Robert Knight -The Washington Times Friday, December 9, 2011

Three incidents in recent days tell us all we need to know about the Obama administration’s “values.”

On Dec. 1, the story broke that Bethesda-based Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where wounded veterans convalesce, apparently had banned visitors from bringing in Bibles or other religious items.

Walter Reed’s Chief of Staff C.W. Callahan issued a memo in September that said, “No religious items (i.e., Bibles, reading material, and/or artifacts) are allowed to be given away or used during a visit.”

Telling wounded soldiers and their families that their First Amendment freedoms have been suspended should be a firing offense.

Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, who serves on the House subcommittee on the Constitution, conveyed the gravity: “The idea that these soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines that have fought to defend our Constitution - and that includes our First Amendment rights to religious liberty - would be denied that religious liberty when they are lying in a hospital bed recovering from wounds incurred while defending that liberty is the most bitter and offensive type of an irony that I can think of.”

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The second news item was Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech in Geneva on Tuesday, announcing that American taxpayers will be paying for homosexual activism around the world through a $3 million Global Equality Fund.

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The third item is the Food and Drug Administration’s evil idea to allow the Plan B “morning-after pill” to be sold over the counter to anyone - regardless of age. After the story hit the fan, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued a directive on Wednesday to stop it.

How much more can I hate this SOB?    

Each day it gets worse

[Eupher]

According to these articles, as of 9 Dec the ban has been dropped after having been put in place in September. It never should have been put in place, but we can be grateful Callahan's handlers decided to reverse that particular decision:

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[CG6468]

According to these articles, as of 9 Dec the ban has been dropped after having been put in place in September. It never should have been put in place, but we can be grateful Callahan's handlers decided to reverse that particular decision:

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Yeah, I heard Sebilshit reversed course.

[docstew]

Yeah, I heard Sebilshit reversed course.

I understand that Sebelius changed her mind about Plan B, but I think Euph was talking about the Bible in Walter Reed. That decision would be made by Surgeon General of the Army (Navy?)

[JohnnyReb]

I have a silly off topic question here. Does the military still issue the small "New Testaments" to everyone like they did back in the 60's?

I must have been seen as a bad fellow because I wound up being issued 4 of them.

[Eupher]

I have a silly off topic question here. Does the military still issue the small "New Testaments" to everyone like they did back in the 60's?

I must have been seen as a bad fellow because I wound up being issued 4 of them.

I never got one. Of course, I was probably viewed as a hopeless case anyway. 

[docstew]

I have a silly off topic question here. Does the military still issue the small "New Testaments" to everyone like they did back in the 60's?

I must have been seen as a bad fellow because I wound up being issued 4 of them.

Not issued, but they are available from the chaplain.