The Pentagon has approved a new policy that will allow troops to wear turbans and other religious clothing and engage in religious observances.
Until now there has been no set policy in the military to allow accommodations for religion.
Soldiers must apply for a waiver to be able to wear their religious garment or engage in a specific religious activity, which the military says they will take on a case-by-case basis.
The Pentagon has approved a new policy that will allow troops to seek waivers to wear religious clothing, seek prayer time or engage in religious practices.Defense officials say the waivers will be decided on a case-by-case basis and will depend on where the service member is stationed and whether the change would affect military readiness or the mission.
Until now there has been no consistent policy across the military to allow accommodations for religion. Now, for example, Jewish troops can seek a waiver to wear a yarmulke, or Sikhs can seek waivers to wear a turban and grow a beard.
Others can request specific prayer times or ask that they be allowed to carry prayer beads or other items.
The policy also says that service members can choose not to recognize any religion, according to NBC News.
According to Defense Department statistics obtained by NBC, there are only three Sikh Americans in the military. There are about 3,700 Muslims. 6,300 Buddhists, and 1,500 Wiccans.
The directive stresses that “the importance of uniformity and adhering to standards, of putting unit before self, is more significant and needs to be carefully evaluated when considering each request for accommodation,” according to NBC.
No! This is totally wrong! This is America’s Pledge; if you were in any other country , I guarantee they would not change their Pledge of Allegiance for you. Truthfully, I would NOT expect them to! Stop trying to please people who come to this country for freedom. They should feel blessed to be here…my grandparents were…and they were productive, and they learned English…and knew and loved the Constitution of the United States. 88% of this country is Christian! We were founded on Christian principle’s, and because of this…we became one of the greatest free nations, in the the world. That is why people from other countries want to live here. If this teacher wants to teach Islam, do it in their country. Teach them about America, that’s why they’re here!
What the f—
What in the living Hell is going on???? Did I miss something here, is this not America? We are not a melting pot of the world!! We are the USA.
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
Don’t like the uniform…can’t conform…DON’T JOIN!!!
No gene, we just dont like muslims.
Needs to have that turbin wrapped around his $#%&!@*ing neck! Then kicked out of the servicew. If you don’t like the rules get the $#%&!@* out of the country!
Getting sick and tired of all this $#%&!@*!
No pos Muslim should be in our military
fail…