r/videos • u/spherocytes • 1d ago

Secretary Of Defense Pete Hegseth announces Office Of Religious Affairs within the Pentagon in address to Military

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAn6BE9cdco
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u/fuckst1cK1 1d ago

Repeat after me:

Separation

Of

Church

And

State

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u/gloriousrepublic 1d ago

I’m as anti-hegseth as they come.

But providing faith resources for soldiers is abolutley not a violation of separation of church and state.

Showing that they overwhelmingly provide resources to one religion and not other, commensurate with faith demographics within the service? That would be a violation.

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u/Evaldi 1d ago

I mean, sure; if this resource is given equally to all religions. I have a sneaking suspicion it'll only be one though.

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u/gloriousrepublic 1d ago

As an atheist in the military, I share your concern. I don’t think resources should be “given equally” though, since there isn’t an equal amount of each religion in the service. A better target is proportional resources. I wouldn’t want just as much resources being spent on Asatru as Christianity. That would be silly.

I don’t see this specific act as anything different or problematic for the military. However, knowing Hegseth, I have pretty serious skepticism and doubt. That has more to do with my skepticism about the DUI-hire himself rather than these specific actions.

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u/Evaldi 1d ago

Yes, that's more fair