Atheist Soldier Says Army Punished Him

[Chris Worfolk]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTPjkhPtGfRjsMUS9Q_F95TRAdcQD8V7JRIO0

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A soldier claimed Wednesday that his promotion was blocked because he had claimed in a lawsuit that the Army was violating his right to be an atheist.

Attorneys for Spc. Jeremy Hall and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation refiled the federal lawsuit Wednesday in Kansas City, Kan., and added a complaint alleging that the blocked promotion was in response to the legal action.

[norman]

As much as I think this illustrates a larger problem of institutionalised religion - where bodies such as armed forces, police forces, schools etc are pushed into believing one religion over any others, the provenance of the piece suggests a more personal issue more based around this particular soldier's disliking of authority.