Protestantism

» Migisi - Jews to sue Vet Administration over proselytizing

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I thought this article would fit the title of this thread, rather than me start a new one for it. Military and hospital chaplains, take note:
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Navy vet: Chaplains tried converting me
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/05/na...
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snippets:
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"Navy veteran David Miller said that when he checked into the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City, he didn't realize he would get a hard sell for Christian fundamentalism along with treatment for his kidney stones.
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"Miller, 46, an Orthodox Jew, said he was repeatedly proselytized by hospital chaplains and staff in attempts to convert him to Christianity during three hospitalizations over the past two years.
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"He said he went hungry each time because the hospital wouldn't serve him kosher food, and the staff refused to contact his rabbi, who could have brought him something to eat....
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"He described the Iowa City facility as an institution permeated by government sponsorship of fundamentalist Christianity and unconstitutional discrimination against Jews.
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"Michael Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and an attorney who worked in the White House under President Reagan, said Thursday that he is preparing to sue the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in federal court over Miller's treatment. He said he suspects other veterans have been treated similarly and that Miller's case could become a class-action lawsuit.
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"He has been in the situation where clearly his faith - which happens to be the Jewish faith - is the wrong faith for the Veterans Administration," said Weinstein, an Air Force Academy graduate."
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Read the whole article.

-- posted by Migisi