Pentagon To Drop Bible Quotes From Briefings [View All]

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Source: CBS-4 News (Denver)

WASHINGTON (AP) ―

GQ magazine recently posted on its Web site images of Pentagon briefings plastered with quotes from the Bible, as seen in this grab.{image at link}

The Pentagon said Monday it no longer includes a Bible quote on the cover page of daily intelligence briefings it sends to the White House as was practice during the Bush administration.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said he did not know how long the Worldwide Intelligence Update cover sheets quoted from the Bible. Air Force Maj. Gen. Glen Shaffer, who was responsible for including them, retired in August 2003, according to his biography.

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The Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, on Monday said U.S. soldiers "are not Christian crusaders, and they ought not be depicted as such."

"Depicting the Iraq conflict as some sort of holy war is completely outrageous," Lynn said in a statement. "It's contrary to the constitutional separation of religion and government, and it's tremendously damaging to America's reputation in the world."

Read more: http://cbs4denver.com/national/Pentagon.briefings.bible.2.1012993.html

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God, the Bush administration were such manipulative, hypocritical assholes! Of course I've known that right along, but this is freaking nutty from a bunchof people who think torture is okey-dokey. :grr: Glad this practice was discovered and is going away!