Soldiers Who Share Their Christian (or Jewish) Faith Could Be Court-Martialed

Another one for the WTF files.  The Pentagon will court martial Christians who proselytize?  And Jews. Really? What about Muslims? Are they allowed? This even includes Jewish and Christian chaplains in the military, which is basically what they are supposed to do. Minister to their flock.

The Pentagon has released a statement confirming that soldiers could be prosecuted for promoting their faith: "Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense...Court martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis...”.

The statement, released to Fox News, follows a Breitbart News report on Obama administration Pentagon appointees meeting with anti-Christian extremist Mikey Weinstein to develop court-martial procedures to punish Christians in the military who express or share their faith.

(From our earlier report: Weinstein is the head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and says Christians--including chaplains--sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ in the military are guilty of “treason,” and of committing an act of “spiritual rape” as serious a crime as “sexual assault.” He also asserted that Christians sharing their faith in the military are “enemies of the Constitution.”)

Being convicted in a court martial means that a soldier has committed a crime under federal military law. Punishment for a court martial can include imprisonment and being dishonorably discharged from the military.

Read the rest on Breitbart.

Isn't this the U.S.? What happened to the First Amendment?  Too bad there's no Christian equivalent to CAIR.

48 More Egyptian Christians Arrested In Libya For Proselytizing

Libya's on a roll. Several weeks ago a Swedish/American, South African, South Korean and an Egyptian were arrested for preaching Christianity. 48 more Egyptian Christians have  been detained for proselytizing, but they are officially being charged with illegal entry.

“Forty-eight Egyptian traders who worked in the Benghazi municipal market have been arrested based on reports of suspect activities,” the source told AFP on condition of anonymity.

He said they were found in possession of a quantity of copies of Bible, texts encouraging conversion to Christianity, and images of Christ and the late Pope Shenuda of Egypt’s Coptic Christians, none of which were for “personal use.”

But the main charge was illegal entry into Libya, he said.

A video posted on the Internet shows dozens of men with shaved heads squatted on the floor in a tiny room as a bearded Libyan recounts how they had been arrested on charges of proselytizing.

A local official, meanwhile, said the group of men were being well treated and would be deported after an investigation over illegal immigration was completed.

At least they'll be deported and not beheaded.