From the New York Times:

Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats

by Neela Banerjee FORT RILEY, Kan. -- When Specialist Jeremy Hall held a meeting last July for atheists and freethinkers at Camp Speicher in Iraq, he was excited, he said, to see an officer attending. But minutes into the talk, the officer, Maj. Freddy J. Welborn, began to berate Specialist Hall and another soldier about atheism, Specialist Hall wrote in a sworn statement. "People like you are not holding up the Constitution and are going against what the founding fathers, who were Christians, wanted for America!" Major Welborn said, according to the statement. Major Welborn told the soldiers he might bar them from re-enlistment and bring charges against them, according to the statement. Last month, Specialist Hall and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an advocacy group, filed suit in federal court in Kansas, alleging that Specialist Hall's right to be free from state endorsement of religion under the First Amendment had been violated and that he had faced retaliation for his views. In November, he was sent home early from Iraq because of threats from fellow soldiers. ...

Read the entire New York Times article.

MRFF Founder and President Mikey Weinstein and SPC Jeremy Hall appeared live on Good Morning America on ABC. Watch the video.

CBS Sunday Morning aired a great segment featuring Mikey and Jeremy titled "Fighting For God And Country." There doesn't seem to be any online video available for this one, but the article on the CBS News website is practically a transcript of the segment.

Other coverage in this weekend-long media blitz included "Atheist soldier claims harassment" on CNN.com, and "Fort Riley atheist soldier speaks out on lawsuit" from the Associated Press.

Even FOX News had Mikey and Jeremy on this morning, but all they seemed to be interested in is why Jeremy is an atheist.

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