Atheist dix

Freedom From Religion wins! Yea! Yea!

Press release: "The Freedom From Religion Foundation has stopped a violation in which soldiers were being forced to mow Catholic Charities' lawn. FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel drafted and sent a letter on July 5 on behalf of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, and also signed by American Atheists, objecting to using U.S. soldiers to support Catholic Social Services of Augusta. The Regimental Noncommissioned Officer Academy's Advanced Leader Course (ALC) at Fort Gordon, Ga., ordered soldiers to 'provide area beautification support to the Catholic Social Services.'

"FFRF's complainant has assured us that the ‘program with Catholic Social Services has ceased.’"

So the atheists said: “By g … olly, we showed them!” (Dix.)

Not so fast there, Pilgrim.

Fort Gordon says: “Soldiers taking part in community service projects while attending the Regimental Non-Commissioned Officers Academy may choose the project in which they participate from a list provided by the Academy. Catholic Social Services is on that list because they have periodically requested assistance from Fort Gordon Soldiers. However, because CSS is a private organization, all Soldier assistance to it must be provided on a voluntary basis. … We will re-emphasize to our Soldiers that participation in any particular project is voluntary and that they may choose a community service project that matches their personal values. Catholic Social Services remains one of the programs that Soldier may voluntarily assist as part of their service project."

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/07/19/fort-gordon-soldiers-not-forced-to-aid-churches.html?ESRC=army-a.nl