As the Pentagon doesn't host promote services for the holidays of other religions to the same extent as they do for evangelical Protestantism, this is a clear violation of the separation of church and state.
Edit: Highlighted corrections to the above statement in italics.
Oh I’m gonna loooove asking my MAGA Catholics about this!
I'm Episcopalian. One of my mentors was a wonderful old bishop who once noted that Christianity goes through a sort of 500-year cycle where we see segments of the church get real wealthy and in bed with political power, followed by a group that seeks reforms, who then themselves become the "in-group." The Protestant Reformation happened about 500 years ago, protesting the wealth and political hegemony of the Roman Catholic Church...
Watching the Western world the past several decades has convinced me that we're witnessing Protestantism's "high medieval era" moment. I wonder what the new reformation will look like? It'll probably all happen a lot quicker than the Protestant Reformation's process did.
The drunk bastard is turning the Pentagon into a church and the US military will become the Christian version of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
Favoring one religion over another is a clear violation of the First Amendment.
If only we had a "liberal media", they would be quite busy asking more questions about the Seven Mountain Mandate and scum of the Earth like Drinky Pete.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mountain_Mandate
Not one of these assholes believes in the Constitution nor what America is supposed to stand for. And no, this place was not founded as Jesusland.
And us Atheists who point out that all the various Gods are fucking fanfic have to shut up and take it
Was there not an entire deal during the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings where the GOP was up in arms about the left being 'anti-Catholic' for questioning her beliefs about abortion and about queer rights? And now they're doing this?
I'm not surprised by the hypocrisy, I just feel like it merits pointing out.
Where are your MAGA friends now, Opus Dei?
Nazis
What about Satanists?
They need to randomly breathalyzer him. If he's found to have any alcohol in his system, it a felony. The second in command of our military services is a raging alcoholic. I live with one a couple years ago. You can not trust them with you Pets let alone Military lives. If you have family or friends in the military I would tell them to demand Sneaky Pete isn't blacked out drank when sending troops and Iranians to their deaths. Freaking crazy. Drug Test Pete! He's obviously drunk every time on TV but no one is calling it out.
I hope that everyone refuses to serve in Hegseth's Army. He wouldn't put his life on the line for the troops, even if they happened to be Protestant.
Fuck Heslgsetu with a hot poker and all, but this is not as bad as it sounds.
It's just saying there's only 1 Christian service for Good Friday, and it's Protestant. The reason for that is probably because Catholic Mass is less inclusive than Protestant. For instance: you have to been through Catholic Confirmation to take part in Communion in a Catholic Mass, whereas Protestant churches typically have open communion allowing anyone - including Catholics - to take part.
And probably not even the less-bad kind of Protestants. More like the pro-slavery drive-through-church snake-juggling glossolalists.
The Holy American Empire is becoming a reality
Hmmm. Where's my colander...
Anti-theists are stuck in the classic bigot's dilemma.
On the one hand, they hate the administration. On the other, they love religious discrimination.
The Pentagon has invited more than 3,500 employees to attend a Good Friday service at its in-house chapel. Except it’s only for Protestants, not Catholics.
About 25,000 employees work at the Pentagon on any given day. So, it's pretty obvious that not everyone was invited. The article gives no information on how employees were chosen, which is concerning. It could be officers only?
“Just a friendly reminder: There will be a Protestant Service (No Catholic Mass) for Good Friday today at the Pentagon Chapel,” reads a Friday email sent by Air Force leadership, a copy of which was shared by an employee.
This states that the service will not include Catholic Mass. This seems pretty standard for a non-denominational observance of Good Friday. (Though, knowing Kegseth, it will probably be an evangelical service.)
The Pentagon Memorial Chapel is a 24-hour interfaith chapel that employees can use for prayer and reflection, and that is used for religious services.
The Pentagon Memorial Chapel only seats 80 people. SO WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE OTHER 3,420 PEOPLE GONNA SIT?!
All in all, some pretty shitty reporting on the part of Huff Post. Lots of unanswered questions here.
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