16 May 2007

Jewish Navy vet says chaplains used high-pressure methods to convert him to Christianity

The Founding Fathers of the United States of America deliberately wrote a clause into the First Amendment that would form a wall of separation between Church and State.

But that doesn't seem to matter now.

From the Des Moines Register:
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U.S. 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.

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.

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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Right now, our Founding Fathers, especially Jefferson, are spinning in their graves.

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