Sarah Palin takes to Facebook to complain about respect for the non-religious in the military. Update!

Courtesy of Aimee Simpleton McFearscience's Facebook page:

Cowardly Christians can't feign shock as it snowballs. Will free people cower to intolerant radicals; where are the Daniels in the lion's den? You know where this is headed. If military chaplains are censored and banned from doing their jobs speaking about faith, there will be no military chaplains, which is the radicals' goal. And the radical minority won't stop there. Will you cower and cover your eyes and ears to all this? Or will you rise up in defense of freedom? 

Now the article that has Palin's crusty panties in a twist is this one concerning the fact that a defamatory column had been removed from the Elmendorf-Richardson Base in Anchorage, Alaska newsletter: 

A chaplain at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska was ordered to remove a religious column he had written titled, “No Atheists in Foxholes: Chaplains Gave all in World War II,” because it allegedly offended atheists serving on the Air Force base.

Col. Brian Duffy, the base commander told Fox News the column was removed “out of respect for those who considered its title offensive.” 

“The 673d Air Base Wing does not advocate any particular religion or belief set over another and upon learning of the complaints from some readers, the article was promptly removed,” he said. “We regret any undue attention this article may have brought to any particular group or individuals.”

Yes how dare a branch of the government resist the urge to promote a religious belief or insult soldiers who may not embrace Christianity.

And how can Palin and her fellow Teavangelists continue to find new sheep to shear if religion is kept out of public schools and no longer promoted in an environment when many young men and woman are at their most vulnerable, and when they are being trained to respect their leaders and follow their orders and suggestions without question, like the military?

And of course the idea that there are no atheists in foxholes is a ridiculous contention that has been promoted by Christian leaders in this country for years, with no proof to support their claim.  Of course there ARE atheists who join the military, fight in wars, and give their lives for this country. Perhaps the most famous example of that was Pat Tillman who volunteered for the military after 9-11 and gave up a very promising professional football career to do so.

Or was he one of the "intolerant radicals" of whom Sarah Palin speaks?

Update: By the way it should be noted that there are so many Atheists in the military that they have their own monument in, of all places, Alabama.

Look if you are dedicating you life to your country, and putting yourself in harm's way in battles thousands of miles from home, your country should at the very least have the courtesy not to insult your faith, or lack thereof.