[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 30, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H7058]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

  (Mr. WESTMORELAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Mr. Speaker, some of our military have been sent 
emails telling them not to eat or drink in front of their Muslim 
brothers who are with them during Ramadan. I have never heard the 
military come out and say don't eat leavened food in front of your 
Jewish colleagues during Yom Kippur or Passover. I have never heard the 
military put out something such as be careful what you are eating in 
front of your Christian brothers during Lent because they may have 
chosen to do without.
  Last Christmas, soldiers at Camp Shelby in Mississippi were told 
during a diversity briefing that they could not use the word 
``Christmas.'' A VA hospital in Texas refused to accept holiday cards 
from boys and girls because the cards mentioned ``Christmas'' or ``God 
bless you,'' and a nativity scene near a lake on Shaw Air Force Base in 
South Carolina was removed after someone complained.
  So you might understand why Ron Crews, executive director of the 
Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, is a bit surprised by the 
Pentagon's recent behavior.
  There is a good Biblical word for this: hypocrisy.

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