Ethics

Obscure Group Supports Proselytizing Marine

By Ed Brayton

A group from Michigan that I've never heard of, Christian Freedom International, is publicly supporting the U.S. Marine who was removed from duty in Iraq for trying to convert Iraqis in Fallujah to Christianity. This group is from Sault Ste Marie, a city way up at the top of the upper peninsula of Michigan, hundreds of miles from anywhere. The group says:

In a June 4th letter to Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, CFI President Jim Jacobson also argued that "the incident in Fallujah did not involve harassment or coercion of any kind by the soldier, did not seek to disrespect Islam as a religion, did not cause harm to anyone who received the coins, and certainly did not warrant the harsh punishment carried out against him by his own government as a result of his actions."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on June 14, 2008 (boomark / email).