You have a right to be an atheist in the U.S. Armed Forces

Even if it takes a lawsuit to defend that right.

You know, it’s a pretty effing sad commentary on how much heavily evangelistic religious right groups have infiltrated the U.S. military when the Turkish General Staff has to give an American major general a lecture spelling out what American church-state separation actually means.

Here’s hoping Mikey Weinstein’s lawsuit against the U.S. Army on behalf of Spec. Jeremy Hall leads others to come forward, assuming there is, as there seems to be, a pattern of religious abuse in the military.

Oh, and reports of other soldiers in Iraq talking about fragging Hall show that hate, not love, is the driving force behind a lot of these insider evangelist groups.