>Doug;
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>Thought I would relate something that I experienced when I joined the United States Air Force, and this is true of all branches of the United States Military.
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>We were told we were absolved of specific religious observations. This was a few years ago so my example is not up to date for Catholics. As Catholics at this point in time we were required to eat fish on Friday, Jews were not allowed to eat pork, etc. We were told our religions forgave us for breaking these and other requirements as long as we were in the military.
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>When in the field we would have a United States Air Force Chaplain give religious service. The Chaplain could have been from any religious background. While at permanent military establishments the same Base Chapel would be used at different times for different religions. Larger bases had Chaplains from all major faiths – that is Jewish, Protestant and Catholic.
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>Somehow we all survived this and I heard no complaints. Too bad the rest of society cannot learn from this.
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>Tom

Exactly right.