The United States government and its military needs to get out of the ‘god’ business.

The United States government and its military needs to get out of the ‘god’ business, totally and completely. Religious belief and religious preference is a function of the individual, not the government, not the military. In the venue of the government and the military, religion becomes a weapon.

The government and the military needs to stop sanctioning religion and religious services and ceremonies on government property.

It needs to institute a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy on religious preference that allows all service members and government employees to continue to worship whatever religion they choose, or worship nothing at all but have the guarantee they will be free from negative on-the-job consequences of either choice. They need to forbid officers, non-commissioned officers, enlisted personnel, and Department of Defense civilians from asking about or discussing religion while on duty and in uniform. They need to make it a crime to harass, ridicule or intimidate personnel for religious beliefs or the lack-thereof.

They need to disband the chaplain’s service and close down all religious buildings, remove all religious groups from military bases, remove all religious symbols and forbid religious organizations from ‘recruiting’ and proselytizing our military personnel on government property. Until they take these steps, religion will continue to be used as a weapon.