Army Jesus Jumpers threaten troops
The Army is investigating a claim that dozens of soldiers who refused to attend a Christian band’s concert at a Virginia military base were banished to their barracks and told to clean them up.
U.S. Army Pvt. Anthony Smith said he and other soldiers felt pressured to attend the May concert while stationed at the Newport News base. “My whole issue was I don’t need to be preached at,” Smith said in a phone interview from Phoenix, where he is stationed with the National Guard. “That’s not what I signed up for.”
Smith said a staff sergeant told 200 men in their barracks they could either attend a concert by Christian rock group BarlowGirl or remain in their barracks. Eighty to 100 decided not to attend, he said. “Instead of being released to our personal time, we were locked down,” Smith said. “It seemed very much like a punishment.” Says an Army spokesman: “If something like that were to have happened, it would be contrary to Army policy.”
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Oh for Gods sake!!!
…er…can I rephrase that?…;-)
…helooo God you total tosser…you complete piece of …er…Gody shite….strike me down you moron!
Oh dear Christians….I is still here….
WAKEY WAKEY!
You poor deluded bastards
Christian Rock – There’s an oxymoron for you.
Though it does suck they weren’t allowed to have the free time, I’d still rather clean toilets than listen to Christian Rock.
LOL Me too I think.
What’s so wrong with Christian Rock? just because it doesn’t curse at you every 5 seconds like secular rock music doesn’t make it bad. in fact, i think it’s better, because not only is it clean music, it sends out a good message about God. So maybe you should actually try listening to some Christian Rock before you start bashing it. Okay? that’s all i ask.