Chalker v Defense Dept 12-29-08

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IRIGONEGARAY & ASSOCIATES1535 S.W. 29th S t r ee tTopeka, Kansas 66611-1901(785) 267-6115(785) 267-9458 FAX

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTFOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS

SPECIALIST DUSTIN CHALKER, andMILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM )FOUNDATION, ))Pla in t i f f s , ))vs. )Case 08-CV-2467 KHV/JPO)ROBERT GATES, SECRETARY, )UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, ))Defendant.

AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

I . Introduction1. This i s a co n s t i t u t i o n a l common law/Bivens ac t ion

whereby th e p l a i n t i f f s seek to vindica te r igh t s guaranteed by th eEstabl i shment Clause of th e F i r s t Amendment and Art ic le VI of th eConst i tu t ion of th e United S ta t e s . The l ega l i ssue r a i s ed here ini s whether the p l a i n t i f f , a member of th e United Sta te s Army, maybe requ i red to a t tend mi l i t a r y funct ions and /or formations t h a tinc lude sec ta r ian Chr i s t i an prayers .

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I I . Parties2. P l a i n t i f f Mil i t a ry Relig ious Freedom Foundation (MRFF)

i s a n o t - fo r -p ro f i t publ ic i n t e r e s t organ iza t ion t ha t advocates ,i n t e r a l ia , t ha t th e mil i t a ry recognize and defend th e r i g h t s ofindiv idua ls to be f ree of compulsory r e l ig ious prac t i ces . MRFFhas supporters and members t h a t inc lude P l a i n t i f f Dust in Chalker.

3. P l a i n t i f f Spec ia l i s t Dustin Chalker i s an ac t ive dutymember of the United Sta tes Army cur ren t ly posted a t Fo r t Riley ,Kansas. P l a i n t i f f Chalker i s a r es iden t of Geary County, Kansas.

4 . Defendant Robert Gates i s secre ta ry of th e United Sta te sDepartment of Defense and has r e sp o n s i b i l i t i e s for the ac ts of h issubordinates including members of the United Sta tes Army.I I I . Jurisdict ion

5. This case involves r igh t s under the Const i tu t ion of th eUnited Sta te s and j u r i sd i c t i o n i s thereby ves ted in t h i s cour t by28 U.S.C. 1331.IV. Venue

6. Venue ln t h i s D i s t r i c t Court i s proper under 28 U.S.C. 1391 (e ) (3 ) .V. Facts

7. Pl a i n t i f f Chalker i s a t t ached to a u n i t t h a t i s pos teda t For t Riley , Kansas. Pl a i n t i f f Chalker has served in th e UnitedSta tes Army s ince February 11, 2002. His ac t ive duty experienceinc ludes a deployment to I raq . While deployed, p l a i n t i f f Chalkerwas awarded the Combat Medic Badge and the Purple Heart .



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8. On May 16, 2008, p l a i n t i f f Chalker was requ i red by h ischain of command to a t tend a funct ion descr ibed as a barbequewhere a Chris t ian sec ta r ian prayer was del ivered .

9. On February 7, 2008, p l a i n t i f f Chalker was requ i red byh is chain of command to a t t end a change of command ceremony a tFor t Riley , Kansas. The change of command ceremony began andended with a sec ta r ian Chr i s t i an p ray e r del ivered by th e ba t t a l ionchap la in . P l a i n t i f f has been requ i red by h is chain o f command toa t tend o t h e r change of command ceremonies t h a t included Chr i s t i ansec ta r ian prayers .

10. On December 5, 2007, p l a i n t i f f Chalker was requ i red byh is chain of command to a t tend a format ion upon re turning fromI raq where a Chr i s t i an Sectar i an p ray e r was d e l i v e red .

11. P l a i n t i f f Chalker i s an a t h e i s t and as such does no tvo lun ta r i ly p a r t i c i p a t e in r e l ig ious se rv ice s , ceremonies orr i t u a l s t h a t a re conducted e i the r on or around For t Riley othermi l i t a r y i n s t a l l a t i ons to which he i s ass igned . P l a i n t i f f Chalkerhas sought r e l i e f from mandatory at tendance a t the sub jec tfunct ions / fo rmat ions through h is chain o f command and the equaloppor tun i ty process . Nei ther has yie lded sa t i s f a c t o ry r e s u l t s .

12. P l a i n t i f f Chalker has sought r e l i e f fo r h is claims byinvoking an in t ra -a rmy admin i s t ra t ive p rocess . He has exhaustedt h i s a l t e rna t ive remedy but has obtained no subs tan t ia l r e l i e f .



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The s l ide ends wi th ftCategory I i s the most b e n e f i c i a l ,because if you love God ( in a major i ty o f world r e l i g io n s ) ,y o u ' l l love man and yourse l f . "Another s l i d e , t i t l e d "Contras t ing Theor ies of Hope, 2Ult imate Theories Expla ining Our Exis tence ," has two columns,th e f i r s t t i t l e d "Chance," and th e second "Design," comparingCharles Darwin and "Random/Chaos" to God and"Purpose/Design ." Darwin, crea t ion ism, and r e l i g io n a re a lsop a r t of a c h a r t comparing th e former Sovie t Union to theUnited Sta te s , concluding t h a t "Natural ism/Evolu t ion /Atheism"l eads to people being " in bondage" and having "no hope,"while theism l eads to "People of Freedom" and "People ofh o p e /d es t in y . " Af t e r sev e ra l more s l i d e s l ike these , thepresen ta t ion cont inues wi th a s l ide t i t l e d "Chr i s t i an ' sMessage," and a s l ide wi th and image of a man looking upwardswith h is hands out s t re t ched and the cap t ion "Please open upboth o f your hands to rece ive t h i s powerful too l . "T h i r t y - fo u r o f the s l i d e s i n th e Lakenheath PowerPoint a retaken up by Chaplain Bis c o t t i ' s presen ta t ion . Only f ives l i d e s are given to a presen ta t ion on f inanc ia l informat ionfo r A ir Force personnel , and only s ix to L t. Gen. Bishop 'spresen ta t ion on the b as e ' s miss ion and u n i t r ead i n ess .

b) Religious Book Endorsements and Off ic ia l Mili taryEmblems on Religious Books. Under Orders: A Sp i r i t ua lHandbook for Mil i tary Personnel , a book by Army chap la in L t .Col. Will iam McCoy t h a t not only promotes Chr i s t i an i ty bu ti n s inua te s t h a t non- the i s t s a re d e f i c i en t human be ings , andt h a t a so l d e r ' s l ack o f s p i r i t u a l i t y o r r e l i g io n can r e s u l tin the f a i l u r e of t h e i r u n i t , c a r r i e s endorsements from Gen.David Petraeus and Maj. Gen. Mark Hert l ing , Commander,Mult ina t ional Div is ion North, I raq , on i t s cover . Gen.Pe t raeus ' s endorsement i s : "Under Orders should be in everyrucksack fo r t hose moments when Sold ie rs need s p i r i t ua lenergy," and Maj. Gen. Her t l ing ' s i s : "Chaplain B i l l McCoy'swork i s i n s p i r a t i o n a l - - i t guides so ld ie r s as they s t rugg lewi th the ques t ions sur rounding t h e i r se rv i ce and t h e i rf a i t h ... a g re a t book fo r so ld ie r s to read sev e ra l t imesth roughout t he i r ca ree r s , because while the ques t ions heposes w i l l always remain th e same, th e answers w i l l changewi th age, exper ience , and in a deepening conv ic t ion ." Inaddi t ion to th e endorsements of these prominent o f f i ce r s ,Under Orders a lso rece ived a pres t ig ious organ iza t iona l U.S.mi l i t a r y endorsement from th e Command and Genera l Sta f fCollege (CGSC) a t Fo r t Leavenworth by being awarding theco l l eg e ' s ftGolden Pen Award."

So Help Me God: A Ref lec t ion on the Mil i tary Oath, a book



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endorsed by L t. Gen. Van Antwerp, th e Commanding General ofth e Army Corps of Engineers , con ta ins many s ta tements saying,in one way or ano ther , t h a t if someone doesn ' t swear an oathto God, " they would no l onger be bound by God to f u l f i l l th eco n s t i t u t i o n a l requi rements of th e o f f i ce or the law" makingit "a l l to easy fo r them to decide t h a t it was accep tab le tocircumvent th e law," l ead ing to "soc ia l anarchy anddegenera t ion ." wi thou t an appeal to God "people can subscr ibeto oa ths and vows with no i n t en t ion of abiding by t h e i rte rms. "So Help Me God, so ld in the mi l i t a r y PXs, spor t s a l l f iveo f f i c i a l u.s. mi l i t a r y branch sea l s on i t s cover . Theo f f i c i a l u.s. mil i t a ry s ea l s a l so appear on a number ofBib les and o t h e r Chr i s t i an books, inc lud ing the HolmanMil i t a ry Bib les . The Holman Bib les , a d i f f e r en t vers ion ofwhich i s pr in ted fo r each branch of the se rv i ce , con ta inext raneous mater ia l promoting th e Off ice rs ' Chr i s t i anFellowship (OCF), an organ iza t ion of over 14,000 o f f i ce r swi th chap ters on v i r tua l ly every u.s. mi l i t a r y i n s t a l l a t i onworldwide. The OCF's s t a t ed mission i s t o "c rea t e as p i r i t u a l l y t ransformed U.S. m i l i t a ry , with Ambassadors fo rCh r i s t i n uniform, empowered by th e Holy S p i r i t . "

c) Mili tary Chapels in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mil i t a rychapel r eg u l a t i o n s p ro h i b i t the d i sp l ay of th e symbols of anyp a r t i c u l a r r e l i g io n dur ing t imes when r e l i g i o u s se rv i ces a r enot in progress . These regu la t ions a re ignored on U.S.mil i t a ry bases in I raq and Afghanis tan where numerous chape l shave l a rge crosses permanent ly a f f ixed to t h e i r doors andwal l s , Ch r i s t ian s t a ined g l a s s windows, and other Chris t iandisp lays t h a t a re not , o r cannot be , removed when thesebui ld ings a re used fo r se rv i ces of other f a i t h s or fo r non-r e l i g i o u s purposes .

A photo on th e Bagram Air f ie ld websi t e , fo r example,shows Lt. Gen. Roger Brady, Deputy Chief of S ta f f fo rManpower and Personnel , address ing the Airmen o f the 455thA ir Expedi t ionary Wing a t an a l l c a l l in the Enduring Fa i thChapel , Bagram Air f i e ld , Afghanis tan . Behind L t. Gen. Bradya t t h i s mandatory br ie f ing i s an open Bible on the a l t a r anda l a rge cross on th e wal l .d) "Free Day Away" Program at Fort Leonard Wood, MO.An "Event Descrip t ion" b as i c t r a in ing schedule from For tLeonard Wood, l a s t modified in Ap r i l 2008, descr ibes "FreeDay Away," a program a t t ended by a l l t r a inees dur ing t he i rf i f t h week of t r a in ing , as fol lows:



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"Sold iers spend the day away from For t Leonard Wood andt r a in ing in th e town of Lebanon. Free Day Away i s designedas a s t r e s s r e l i e f t h a t helps so ld ie r s re tu rn to t r a in in g r e motivated and re juvenated ."Omitted from t h i s event desc r ip t ion i s t h a t t h i s day i sac tua l ly spen t a t the Tabernacle Bapt i s t Church, and inc ludesa fundamental is t r e l ig ious se rv ice . A ll f a c i l i t i e s t h a t thet r a inees are permi t t ed to go to during t h i s f ree t ime (abowling a l ley , a convenience s to re , e t c . ) are owned by th echurch . Numerous so ld ie r s have repor ted t h a t they wereunaware t h a t t h i s p a r t of t h e i r " t ra in ing" was run by achurch u n t i l they were being loaded onto the church ' s busest h a t came to p ick them up, and those who wanted to opt out ofthe church se rv i ce once they were there were not permi t tedto .In a promotional fund- ra i s ing video fo r the Free Day Awayprogram, p a r t of which was f i lmed a t Fo r t Leonard Wood andp a r t a t th e church , b as i c t r a inees a re in te rv iewed in uniformendorsing the program, i n v io l a t i o n of th e regu la t ionproh ib i t i ng endorsement of a non-federa l e n t i t y while inuniform.

e) Ar.my Off icer Record Brie f (ORB) and Air ForceSingle Unit Retr ieval For.mat (SURF). The ORB and th e SURFa re forms whose pr imary purpose i s to provide informat ion onthe career hi s to ry , educat ion, and spec ia l s k i l l s ofo f f i c e r s . The informat ion contained in these forms i s usedfo r job placement , award nominations, app l i ca t ions tomi l i t a r y t r a in in g programs and co l leges , e tc . The r e l i g io nof an o f f i c e r should not be a fac tor in the career dec i s ionsfo r which these forms a re used, y e t the Army ORB now con ta insa block fo r the o f f i c e r ' s r e l ig ion , and the A ir Force ' s SURF,a new e lec t ron ic format implemented within th e p as t year ,a lso l i s t s the o f f i c e r ' s r e l ig ion .

f) Campus Crusade for Christ Mil i tary Ministry .Campus Crusade fo r Ch r i s t (CCC) Mil i t a ry Minis t ry i s a p a ra church minis t ry ac t ive a t a l l of the l a r g e s t U.S. mil i t a ryt ra in ing i n s t a l l a t i o n s , the serv ice academies, and on ROTCcampuses.At For t Jackson, th e l a r g e s t Army bas ic t r a in ingi n s t a l l a t i on , t r a inees a t t end ing CCC's "God's Basic Training"Bib le s tud ie s a re taught t h a t by jo in ing the mil i t a ry ,they 've become mini s t e r s of God. Fo r t Jackson i s not th eonly place t h i s i s taught . Videos, such as one from CCC'sValor ROTC minis t ry , con ta in s imi l a r language, i . e . "when youjo in the mil i t a ry , you 've rea l ly jo ined the mi n i s t ry . "



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A Valor minis t ry video t i t l e d "God and the Mi l i t a ry , "o r ig in a l l y re leased in 1997 by Nelson and Hudson Publ ish ing ,was r e - re leased on DVD in 2005 fo r d i s t r ibu t ion by CCC'sMil i ta ry Minis t ry , and i s cur ren t ly included in the Mil i ta ryMin i s t ry ' s "Chapla in ' s Boxes."The speaker a t the event was Tommy Nelson, Pasto r , DentonBible Church, Denton, TX. Nelson ' s audience fo r the f i lmingconsi s t ed of Texas A&M cadets and an assor tment of o f f i c e r sfrom the var ious branches of th e mi l i t a r y , ranging in rankfrom Lieutenant to Colonel , a l l appearing in uniform.Nelson ' s presen ta t ion opens with th e fo l lowing: " I , a numberof years ago, was speaking a t th e Universi ty of North Texas-it happens to be my alma mater , up in Denton, Texas--and Iwas speaking to an ROTC group up the re and when I s tepped inI sa i d , 'It's good to be speaking to a l l you men and womenwho a re in th e min i s t r y , ' and they a l l kind of looked a t me,and I th ink they wondered if maybe I had found th e wrongroom, o r i f they were in th e wrong room, and I assured themt h a t I was speaking to men and women in the minis t ry , thesethe re were going to be fu tu re o f f i c e r s . "

The s t a t ed mission of CCC's minis t r i es fo r en l i s t edpersonnel i s : "Evangel ize and Disc ip le All Enl is ted Membersof the U.S. Mil i t a ry . U t i l i z e Minis t ry a t each bas ict r a in ing cente r and beyond. Transform our cu l tu re throughthe U.S. Mil i t a ry . "

CCC s t a t e s th e fo l lowing reason fo r t a rge t ing of bas ict r a in ing i n s t a l l a t i ons : "Young r e c ru i t s are under g re a tpressure as they en te r th e mil i t a ry a t t h e i r i n i t i a l t r a in inggateways. The demands of d r i l l in s t ruc t ions push r e c ru i t sand new cadets to the edge. This i s why they a re most opento the 'good news. ' We t a r g e t spec i f i c loca t ions , l i keLackland AFB and For t Jackson, where l a rge numbers ofmi l i t a r y members t rans i t ion ea r ly in t h e i r ca ree r . Theses i t e s are exce l l en t loca t ions to pursue our s t r a t e g i c goal s . "CCC a lso f requent ly s t a t e s t h e i r goal of turning th eU.S. mil i t a ry in to a force of "government-paid miss ionar ies

fo r Chr i s t . " MRFF has compiled numerous examples, such asthe tw o t h a t fol low, of the use of t h i s phrase by CCC, andone ins tance by an Army chap la in speaking, in uniform, a t theDal las Theologica l Seminary, a school at tended by many fu tu remi l i t a r y chap la ins .

From CCC's Valor ROTC minis t ry , which has recent lyen tered in to a pa r tne rsh ip with the with the O f f i ce r ' s



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Chr i s t i an Fel lowship (OCF): "The Valor ROTC cad e t andmidshipman minis t ry reaches our fu tu re mi l i t a r y l eaders a tt h e i r i n i t i a l en t ry poin t s on co l l eg e campuses, helps themgrow in t he i r f a i th , then sends them to t h e i r f i r s t dutyassignments throughout th e world as ' government-paidmiss ionar ies fo r Chr i s t . ' "

In a CCC promotional v ideo f i lmed a t the u . s . A ir ForceAcademy fo r the academy's "Cru" (shor t fo r crusade) program,which fea tu red th ree Academy cadets and two chap la ins , a l l inuniform, Scot t Blum, CCC's d i r ec to r a t th e academy a t th et ime of th e f i lming, s t a t ed t h a t by the t ime th e cadets l eaveth e academy, they a re "government-paid mi ss i o n a r i e s . "

g) National Day of Prayer and Mili tary Flyovers a tRel ig ious Events. A ll of th e fo l lowing even t s were l i s t e d onth e 2008 Nat iona l Day of Prayer (NDP) Task Force websi t e ,meaning t h a t t he i r coord ina to rs , some mi l i t a r y and somec i v i l i a n , agreed to th e Task Fo rce ' s "Statement of Bel ief"and pol icy , which p ro h i b i t s non-Chr i s t ian involvement in NDPev en t s . In add i t ion to about a dozen NDP Task Force approvedeven ts t h a t took place on mil i t a ry i n s t a l l a t i o n s , there waswidespread mi l i t a r y p a r t i c ip a t i o n in church and community NDPTask Force even ts .Mi l i t a ry f lyovers were scheduled fo r two NDP events inWashington s t a t e , one a t th e Calvary Chapel South b a l l f i e ldin Kent, WA, and the o ther a t the Skag i t County event inMount Vernon, WA, provided by Whidbey Is land Naval Sta t ion .Nei ther of these f lyovers appears on th e o f f i c i a l e l i g i b l eeven t l i s t s p u t out by th e var ious branches of th e mi l i t a r y .Other examples o f mil i t a ry p a r t i c ip a t i o n in 2008 NDP eventsinc lude the fol lowing: At th e Sta te Capi to l NDP Prayer Ral lyin Tal lahassee , FL, t h e re was a disp lay of mi l i t a r y veh ic lesin the Cap i to l Cour tyard . Marine Color guards appeared a tth e NDP Celebra t ion in Bak ers f i e ld , CA and th e Concer t ofPrayer in Wheeling, WV. The Niagara Fal l s A ir Reserve BaseHonor Guard was a t the "Cal l to th e Wall" in Wheatf ie ld , NY.The Luke A ir Force Base Honor Guard appeared a t th e NDP NoonRal ly a t th e Phoenix, AZ. The Fo r t Huachuca Se l ec t HonorGuard appeared a t the NDP Serv ice in Patagonia , AZ.

h) Flag Dipping at Annapolis . The p r ac t i c e of d ipp ingth e American f l ag before th e a l t a r a t t h e u .S . Naval AcademyChapel during th e 11 a.m. Sunday Pro te s t an t s e rv ice wass topped in October 2007 by the academy's super in tenden t , ViceAdm. Je f f rey L. Fowler , who cons ide red it inappropr ia te .Vice Adm. Flower l a t e r r e in s t a t ed th e prac t ice d esp i t e th efac t t h a t it v io l a t e s T i t l e 4, Chapter 1, Sect ion 8, of th e



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u.s. Code, which s t a t e s t h a t the American f l ag "should not bedipped to any person or th ing ."i ) part ic ipat ion by Mili tary Personnel in Rel ig iousEntertainment Productions and Events. In July 2008, the

Tr in i ty Broadcast ing Network (TBN) re -a i red a Chr i s t i anFour th of July concer t spec ia l s t a r r ing Chr i s t i an pop s t a rCarmen. This was the t h i rd a i r ing of t h i s concer t spec ia ls ince it was produced in 2003. The spec ia l , Carmen's "Red,White, and Blue Spectacu lar , " fea tu res p re- t aped in te rv iewsegments and footage of uniformed, ac t ive duty mi l i t a r ypersonnel , as wel l as the p a r t i c ip a t i o n of uniformed mi l i t a r ypersonnel in the concer t i t s e l f . MRFF cons iders roughlytwenty minutes of t h i s two-hour spec ia l to be in v io la t ion ofmi l i t a r y regula t ions , the U.S. Code, and the U.S.Const i tu t ion .On June 20, 2008, p l a i n t i f f MRFF sen t a l e t t e r to Secre ta ryof Defense Rober t M. Gates demanding an i nves t iga t ion by theDoD Inspec to r General in to the mi l i t a r y par t i c ipa t ion in t h i sspec ia l . MRFF c i t ed seven spec i f i c segments of the spec ia lin t h i s l e t t e r , inc lud ing the opening number of the concer t ,"People of God." During the performance of t h i s song, ami l i t a r y co l o r guard, comprised of tw o American f l ags , a longwi th the f l ags of th e various branches of the mi l i t a r ycar r ied by members of t he i r respec t ive branches , en te r s v i ath e a i s l e s and proceeds of the s tage , one American f lag andtw o branch f l ags on each s ide . Both American f l ags a re thendipped towards the cen t e r of the s t age , i n v io l a t i o n of Ti t l e4, Chapter 1, Sect ion 8, of the U.S. Code.In h is in terview in the TBN concer t spec ia l with L t. Gen.Rober t L. Van Antwerp (a major genera l a t the t ime of thef i lming) appears in uniform. This in te rv iew, a long wi thfootage of bas ic t r a inees , was f i l ed a t Fo r t Leonard Wood,the base t ha t L t. Gen. Van Antwerp commanded a t the t ime. Inthe in te rv iew, L t . Gen. Van Antwerp, in t roduced as p a s tp re s iden t of the Off ice rs ' Chr i s t i an Fel lowship (OCF),paraphrased the OCF mission, to "c rea t e a s p i r i t u a l l yt ransformed U.S. mil i t a ry , with Ambassadors fo r Chr i s t lnuni form, empowered by the Holy Spi r i t . "In add i t ion to the o ther v io la t ions spec i f i c to th e concer tspec ia l , L t. Gen. Van Antwerp 's endorsement o f the OCF in h isin terview v io la ted the same mil i t a ry regu la t ions determinedby the DoD Inspec to r Genera l to have been v io la ted by theU.S. mi l i t a r y o f f i c e r s who appeared in the 2004 CampusCrusade fo r Chr i s t Chr i s t i an Embassy promotional video, i . e . ,JER Sect ion 2635.702(b) , "Appearance of governmentalsanc t ion" ; JER Sect ion 3-300 .a . on personal par t i c ipa t ion in



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non-federa l e n t i t i e s ; DoD Direc t ive (DoDD) 1334.1, "Wearingof th e Uniform"; Army Regula t ion (AR) 670-1, "Wear andAppearance of Army Uniforms and Ins ign ia . " (See Ju ly 20,2007, DoD In sp ec to r Genera l ' s r ep o r t , "Alleged Misconduct byDoD Off ic ia l s Concerning Chris t ian Embassy.")L t. Gen. Van Antwerp, who makes r eg u l a r appearances a t p ray e rb reak fas t s and OCF ROTC r e t r e a t s , has a lso appeared a t l a rgesca le events such as th e 2003 "Mission San Diego" Bi l lyGraham Crusade, a t which he gave h is Chr i s t i an tes t imony, inuniform, before a crowd of t ens of thousands . This event wasa lso broadcas t v ia the Armed Forces Network (AFN) to mi l i t a r ypersonne l a l l o v e r the world.

The Navigators , a para-church minis t ry ac t ive on manyU.S. mil i t a ry bases , holds Summer Missions Programs inconjunct ion with S p i r i t West Coast , th e l a r g e s t Ch r i s t i anmusic f e s t i v a l i n Ca l i fo rn ia . There a re v io la t ions regard ingmi l i t a r y p a r t i c ip a t i o n in these Chr i s t i an music fes t iva l s ,p u t on by an organ iza t ion ca l led Opera t ion Worship , inc lud ingt h a t ac t ive duty mi l i t a r y personne l are i ssued ac tua l TDY( temporary duty) o rd e r s , arranged by th e Navigators , to worka t the f e s t i v a l s as volun teers .

On September 10, 2008, th e Discovery Channe l ' s Mil i t a ryChannel a i red a two-hour program t i t l e d "God's Sold ie r , "f i lmed a t Forward Operat ing Base (FOB) McHenry in Hawijah,I r aq . According to the program's c r ed i t s , it was "Producedwi th the fu l l co-opera t ion of th e 2-27 In fan t ry Ba t t a l ion'Wolfhounds . ' " The co-producer of "God's Sold ier" wasJerusa lem Produc t ions , a B r i t i s h produc t ion company whose"pr imary aim i s to increase understanding and knowledge ofth e Chr i s t i an r e l i g io n and to promote Ch r i s t i an values , v iathe b roadcas t media, to as wide an audience as poss ib l e . " Tof u l f i l l i t s goa l o f ge t t ing non-Chr i s t ians to watch Chris t ianprogramming, th e company "focuses on t hose programmes whicha re broadcas t outs ide des ignated r e l ig ious s lo t s and whichappea l to an audience which does not necessa r i ly have ana c t i ve Chr i s t i an commitment." rrhe program was decep t ive lyad v e r t i sed as be ing about "a group of U.S. Army Chaplainsfrom d i f f e r en t fa i ths on a tour of duty i n I raq . " There wasno "group" of Chaplains or representa t ion of d i f f e r en t f a i t h sin t h i s program. The e n t i r e two-hour program was about oneev an g e l i ca l Chr i s t i an chap la in , Capt . Char les Popov. Bibleverse t ex t cap t io n s , such as " I d id not come to bring peace ,b u t th e sword" and "Put on th e fu l l armor of God so t h a t whenth e day of e v i l comes, you may s tand your ground," appearbetween segments, and var ious vio la t ions of mi l i t a r yr eg u l a t i o n s , inc lud ing the vio la t ion of Army chape lregu la t ions and inappropr ia te promotions of C h r i s t i an i t y to



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U.S. mi l i t a r y personne l , a re seen throughout the program. Theprogram a lso shows th e chap la in descr ib ing h is plan to haveth e u n i t ' s I r aq i Muslim i n t e r p r e t e r s p a r t i c i p a t e in ana t iv i ty pageant a t Chr is tmas .

j . The Army "Strong Bonds" Program. The presen t U.S.Government funded Strong Bonds program rep laced a decade old ,proven program ca l l ed Bui lding Strong and Ready Famil ies(BSRF), which was a co l l abora t ion between th e Army Publ icHeal th Nurse Corps and the Chapla in Corps. Strong Bonds i snow pr imar i ly an evange l i s t i c Ch r i s t i an program opera t ingunder the gu ise o f a pre-deployment and post-deploymentfamily wel lness and marriage t r a in ing program. Strong Bondse l iminated the phys ica l and mental hea l th educat ion aspec t st h a t were a l a rg e p a r t of BSRF, c rea t ing a ch ap la in runprogram cons i s t ing almost exc lus ive ly of Chr i s t i an r e l ig iousr e t r e a t s . These r e t r e a t s a re typ ica l ly held a t sk i lodges ,beach r eso r t s , and o t h e r a t t r a c t i v e vacat ion sp o t s .The mat e r i a l s au thor ized by the Army fo r Strong Bonds are notr e l i g io u s . However, these au thor ized mat e r i a l s a r e onlyrequ i red to be used fo r a minimal number of th e t r a in inghours , l eav ing the remaining mandatory t r a in ing hours openfo r other ma t e r i a l s se l ec t ed by the chaplains. In somecases , the au thor ized mat e r i a l s a r e completely e l iminated ,and th e r e t r e a t s a re ove r t ly Ch r i s t i an . In o t h e r cases , thePrevent ion and Rela t ionsh ip Enhancement Program (PREP), asecu la r program on the list of mat e r i a l s au thor ized fo rStrong Bonds, i s being rep laced by chap la ins wi th CPREP, theChr i s t i an vers ion of t h i s program.

At a "Strong Bonds" program in Orlando, Flor ida fromFebruary 29, 2008, to March 2, 2008, the fo l lowing mat e r i a lwas d i s t r i b u t ed to a t t endees :1} A camouflage box, t i t l e d , "Every S o ld i e r ' s

Bat t l e Kit , " and impr in ted wi th the name, New LifeMi n i s t r i e s , t h e i r phone number, websi t e(h t tp : / /www.newl i fe .com/) , and phrase , "Fight ing the b a t t l ewith in . " The box conta ined:

* A Bible , t i t l e d , "The Life Recovery Bib le ;" andfour volumes by Shannon Ethr idge(webs i te ht tp : / /www.shannonethr idge .com/)

* "Every Woman, Every Day," (365 Chr i s t i an read ingsand sermons about "sexual p u r i t y " ) ;



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* "Every Woman's Bat t l e , " (a book of Chr i s t i ansermons, and Bib le verses to "Discover God's plan fo r sexua land emotional fu l f i l lmen t . " ) ;* "Every Woman's Bat t l e Promise Book," (a "da i ly

devot ional" of Bible verses to suppor t the reader in a ques tfo r "sexual i n t e g r i t y " ) ;2) "The Five Love Languages," by Pasto r GaryChapman (h t tp : / /www.garychapman.org/b io .h tm) . "The Five LoveLanguages" formed the core of the Saturday por t ion of theStrong Bonds t r a in ing . The theme of Love Languages i s t h a tcouples have d i f f e re n t communication s ty l e s and need to l e a rneach o t h e r ' s s t y l e to improve t h e i r r e la t ionsh ip . The book

contains references to Jesus and Bible v e r ses .* During Strong Bonds, videos were shown of GaryChapman in which he quoted Bible verses and encouraged theaudience to "Love your pa r tne r l i ke Jesus loved the church."Chaplain Johnson and Chaplain Kirk repea ted t h a t same

express ion mul t ip le t imes during Strong Bonds. The LoveLanguages websi te , ht tp: / /www.f ivelovelanguages .com/descr ibes Gary Chapman as "the l ead ing author in b i b l i c a lmarr iage counsel ing" and s ta te s t h a t Chapman's message i st h a t " to enjoy the marr iage you have always wanted, we haveto be the person Jesus has always wanted us to be."3) "The Th r i l l of the Chaste ," by Dawn Eden. The

au thor i s descr ibed on the back cover as "Jewish-born" andthroughout the book as a "former agnost ic Jew." The bookdescr ibes in d e t a i l how she led a highly promiscuousl i f e s t y l e u n t i l she had a "born again exper ience" and"rea l ized for the f i r s t t ime ... t h a t [Jesus] i s t ru ly God'sson." The book i s f i l l ed (almost every page) with Bib leverses and with the au thor prose ly t i z ing Chr i s t i an i ty .Chaplain Johnson recommended the book mul t ip le t imes duringthe t r a in ing .

DoD con t rac t s a l so show frequent h i r ing of Chris t ianen t e r t a in e r s and speakers fo r Strong Bonds r e t r e a t s .In March 2007, fo r example, For t Wainwright con t rac ted ,a t a co s t of $38,269, an organizat ion ca l led Unl imi ted

Poten t i a l , Inc . to provide "soc ia l se rv ices" fo r a StrongBonds r e t r e a t . Unl imi ted Poten t i a l , Inc . , i s an evangel i ca lb aseb a l l minis t ry with a mi l i t a r y minis t ry whose mission i s :"To a s s i s t commanders and chap la ins in prov id ing r e l ig ioussuppor t to mi l i t a r y se rv ice members and t h e i r fami l i es byshar ing the l i fe -chang ing Gospel of Jesus Ch r i s t through themedium of b aseb a l l ... " and " to use our God-given a b i l i t i e s in



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baseba l l to reach those who do no t have a personalr e la t ionsh ip with Jesus Chr i s t , and to a lso encourage andchal lenge those who do." This same minis t ry has been"Serving Chr i s t Through Basebal l" a t a number of other Armybases in the United Sta te s , inc lud ing For t Bragg, For tBenning, and For t Drum, as wel l as many bases overseas .

k) Anti-Muslim Presentat ions at u.s. Mil i taryAcademies, Col leges and Bases. Anti-Muslim a c t i v i s t s , whosec re d ib i l i t y as exper t s in t he i r f i e lds has long beenquest ioned by both the academics and t e r ror i sm exper t s , havebeen inv i ted to l ec tu re on the sub jec t of t e r ror i sm a t U.S.Mil i t a ry academies and co l l eg es .

In February, 2008, a group ca l l i n g i t s e l f th e "3 exTer ro r i s t s " appeared a t th e U.S. A ir Force Academy's 50thAnnual Academy Assembly, on th e top ic "Dismant l ing Terror ism:Developing Actionable Solu t ions fo r Today 's Plague ofViolence." The th ree members of t h i s group, Walid Shoebat,Zachariah Anani, and Kamal Saleem, a l l claim to have beenIs lamic t e r r o r i s t s before conver t ing to evangel i ca lC h r i s t i an i t y . Attendance was mandatory fo r some cade t s . Thepresen ta t ions were v i ru len t ly anti-Muslim screeds dur ingwhich C h r i s t i an i t y i s promoted.

In June 2007, B r i g i t t e Ga briel , author of Because TheyHate, del ivered a l ec tu re a t th e J o in t Forces S ta f f Col lege(JFSC). During t h i s l ec tu re , which was p a r t of the JFSC'sIslam e lec t ive , Gabrie l sa i d , among other th ings , t h a tAmerican Muslims should not be al lowed to hold publ ic of f icebecause th e Koran t e l l s them to l i e , making t h e i r oaths ofof f ice meaningless, and t h a t American Muslims "are good a tnothing but complaining about every s ing le th ing . " She a lsoin s t ruc ted the s tuden t s to c a l l th e F .B . I . if they saw amosque being b u i l t in t h e i r community, and includedderogatory comments such as r e fe r r ing to Dearborn, Michiganas "Dearbornistan" because of the c i t y ' s l a rge Muslimcommunity. One of the s tuden t s sub jec ted to these i n s u l t i n gcomments was a Muslim American who had been serv ing in th eU.S. Army fo r s ix teen years .

Both B r i g i t t e Gabrie l and Walid Shoebat appeared in the2005 anti-Muslim documentary Obsession: Radical I s lam's WarAgainst the West. This documentary has been used by th eDepartment of th e Navy, and has a lso been shown a t U.S. Armyt r a in ing even t s . A 2008 p r e s id en t i a l campaign ed i t ion oft h i s documentary was d i s t r i b u t ed v ia DVDs in se r ted in majornewspapers and through the mail to mi l l ions of voters in"swing" s t a t e s , car r ied the endorsement of Je f f rey H.Norwitz, Professor , U.S. Naval War College, on i t s packaging.



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1) 2008 Army Suic ide Prevention Presentation andManual The 2008 Army Suic ide Prevent ion Manual, th ei n s t r u c t i o n manual for presen t ing the Army's "Suic ideAwareness fo r Sold ie rs 2008" PowerPoint , promotes r e l i g io nover no r e l ig ion , Chr i s t i an i ty over o t h e r r e l ig ions , andi n s t ruc t s both chap la ins and behav iora l hea l th providers topromote " r e l i g io s i t y " as a necessary element of su i c i d epreven t ion . The manual, which recommends tha t the presen te r sof the PowerPoint be chap la ins , sen i o r NCO chap la ina s s i s t a n t s , o r behav iora l hea l th providers , s t a t e s t h a t"Chaplains a l so need to openly advocate behav iora l hea l th asa resource , " b ut then adds t h a t "Behavioral hea l th providersneed to openly advocate s p i r i t u a l i t y and r e l i g i o s i t y asr e s i l i en cy fac to rs . "Each s l ide of th e PowerPoint presen ta t ion has a sc r i p t t h a tinc ludes "Talking Points" l abe led "General , " "Sp i r i tua l , " and"Behavioral Heal th ." The " sp i r i t u a l i t y " and " r e l i g io s i t y "p a r t s of t h i s presen ta t ion a re a new add i t ion in th e 2008vers ion , crea ted by Army Chaplain (LTC) Orman "Wayne" Boyd.They did not appear in the 2007 vers ion .The s p i r i t u a l t a lk ing po in t fo r s l i d e 1 of th e presenta t ion ,address ing fa i l ed re l a t ionsh ips as a cause of su ic ide , i s :"Sp i r i tua l i ty looks outs ide of onese l f fo r meaning andprovides r e s i l i en cy fo r f a i lu res in l i f e exper iences .Rel ig ios i ty adds th e dimension of a suppor t ive community tohelp one deal wi th c r i s e s . Both embed themselves in ar e la t ionsh ip with God, o r a higher power, t h a t provides aneve r l a s t ing r e la t ionsh ip . Bottom l ine , Sold ie rs should notbase t h e i r reason for l iv ing in another human being!"S p i r i t u a l t a lk ing poin t s fo r the next th ree s l ides are :"Connect ivi ty to th e Divine i s fundamental to developingr e s i l i en cy t h a t allows one to deal wi th disappointments ,""Emphasize the importance of s p i r i t u a l hea l th , connec t iv i tywith a f a i th community, and a r e la t ionsh ip with God," and,fo r a s l ide t h a t follows a DVD of former footba l l s t a r TerryBradshaw t a lk ing about h is b a t t l e with depress ion, "Terry i svery open about h is f a i t h in God and h is r e la t ionsh ip withh is church. Spi r i t ua l i t y i s an invaluable i n g red i en t in h i sba t t l e with t h i s disease ."The t a lk ing po in t fo r s l ide 5 i s : "Sold iers need to take careof each other and r id any thoughts of surv iva l of thef i t t e s t . Almost a l l r e l i g io n s adhere to some form ofC h r i s t i a n i t y ' s Golden Rule, or the Categor ica l Imperat ive ofImmanuel Kant." The s c r ip t fo r t h i s s l i d e then gives examplesof s ta tements from some other r e l ig ions tha t a re s imi l a r to



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C h r i s t i a n i t y ' s Golden Rule, b ut th e image on th e s l i d e showna t t h i s p o i n t dep ic t s a group of s i lhoue t t ed so ld ie r s wi thone s o l d i e r up in th e clouds looking a t a l a rg e Ch r i s t i anc ro ss . (This same image appears in th e 2007 presen ta t ion , b u twi thout the s o ld i e r and cross in th e sky. This Chr i s t i animagery was apparen t ly added to the image fo r th e 2008presen ta t ion . )In th e s c r i p t fo r one of the p r e s en t a t i o n ' s l a s t s l i d e s , th epresen te r i s in s t ruc ted to have th e audience adopt a wordroo ted in Chr i s t i an s c r ip tu r e as a "motto o r mantra ." Thet a lk ing p o i n t fo r tha t s l i d e i s : "Emphasize the phrase ' t h a tyou persevere , t h a t you s tay a l i v e . ' This i s from a Greekword 'Hupomeno' which i s used i n Chr i s t i an sc r ip tu res ,p a r t i c u l a r l y in th e Pau l ine e p i s t l e s . It i s a lso used byJames, th e bishop of Jerusalem, as Jerusalem was indevas ta t ion and about to be des t royed . He wanted a l lCh r i s t i an s , d esp i t e th e persecu t ions and v i o l e n t t imes , tono t lose hope, to keep on endur ing . Encourage the audience tor ep ea t t h i s word and use it as a motto o r mantra when ind i f f i c u l t t imes ."This presen ta t ion i s not only an u n co n s t i t u t i o n a l promotionof Chr i s t i an i ty fo r th e s o l d i e r s who a re mandated to a t tendit, but fo r the behav iora l hea l th prov iders and non-Chr i s t ianchap la ins who must p resen t it.

m) Proselyt iz ing to Muslims in Iraq and AfghanistanNumerous d e t a i l ed accounts of U.S. mi l i t a r y personne lprose ly t i z ing to I r aq i s and Afghans, i n d i r ec t v io l a t io n ofCENTCOM Genera l Order I-A, can be found in the p u b l i ca t i o n sof var ious missionary and chap la ins ' o rgan iza t ions .

Chief Warrant O ff i ce r Rene Llanos of the 101s t AirborneDivi s ion , r e f e r r i n g to a sp ec i a l mi l i t a r y ed i t i o n of a Bib les tudy da i ly devot ional pub l i shed and donated by BiblePathways Mini s t r i e s , to ld Mission Network News t h a t " thes o l d i e r s who a re p a t r o l l i n g and walking th e s t r e e t s a ret ak ing along t h i s copy, and they ' r e us ing it to min i s te r toth e l o ca l r es iden t s , " and t h a t h is "d iv i s ion i s a lso ge t t ingready to head toward Afghanis tan , so t h e re w i l l be copiesheading out with the s o ld i e r s . "The so ld ie r s a re being p lacedi n s t r a t e g i c places with a purpose. They ' re con t inu ing tospread the Word." The devot iona l book r e fe r red to by CWOLlanos ca r r i e s o f f i c i a l DoD sea l s on i t s cover .

Army chap la in Capt. Steve Mickel s t a t ed i n th enewsle t t e r of th e In t e rna t iona l Min i s t e r i a l Fel lowship t h a the was evangel iz ing l oca l I r aq i s while pass ing ou t food inth e predominant ly Sunni v i l l ag e of Ad Dawr. Capt . Mickel was



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c l ea r ly aware of th e U.S. pos ta l se rv i ce r e s t r i c t i ons onsh ipp ing non- I s l amic r e l i g i o u s ma te r i a l s to mi l i t a r ypersonnel , r e s t r i c t i ons p u t in place to preven t exac t ly whathe was doing, s t a t i n g , " I am ab le to give them t r a c t s on howto be saved, pr in t ed in Arabic . I wish I had enough ArabicBibles to give them as wel l . The i s su e of mai l ing ArabicBibles i n to I raq from th e U.S. i s d i f f i c u l t (given thecu r ren t p o s t a l r eg u l a t i o n s proh ib i t i ng a l l r e l i g io u smate r i a l s con t ra ry to Islam except fo r personal use of th eso ld ie r s ) . "

The involvement and a id of U.S. mi l i t a r y personne l inth e evangel iz ing of Muslims i s a lso documented i n t e l ev i s io nprograms produced with th e ass i s t ance of th e mi l i t a r y .

"Travel th e Road," a popula r Chris t ian r ea l i t y TV se r i e sproduced by th e Tr in i ty Broadcast ing Network (TBN), followsthe t r ave l s of wi l l Decker and Tim Scot t , tw o "extreme"miss ionar ies as they c i r c l e th e world fu l f i l l i ng t h e i rmiss ion to "Preach th e Gospel to the ends of th e ea r th andencourage th e church to be ac t ive in th e Great Commission."Season 2 o f t h i s s e r i e s ended with th ree ep i sodes f i lmed inAfghanis tan . For these ep i sodes , the miss ionar ies werep ermi t t ed to be embedded wi th U.S. t roops . They s tayed onU.S. mi l i t a r y bases , t rave led with a publ ic a f f a i r s u n i t , andaccompanied and f i lmed t roops on p a t r o l s - - a l l fo r thepurposes of evangel iz ing Afghans and producing a t e lev i s ionshow promoting the Chr i s t i an r e l ig ion , inc lud ing thed i s t r ibu t ion to Afghan Muslims of New Testaments in the Darilanguage. In ad d i t i o n to v io la t ing CENTCOM Genera l Order l-Aby i t s f a c i l i t a t i o n and suppor t of the prose ly t i z inga c t i v i t i e s of the miss ionar ies , th e mere p a r t i c ip a t i o n by th eU.S. Army in the p roduct ion of t h i s program was con t rary toboth DoD Publ i c A ffa i r s r eg u l a t i o n s on mi l i t a r y p a r t i c ip a t i o nin en ter ta inment p roduct ions and CENTCOM p o l i c i e s on embeds.

n) Off ic ia l Air Force Sponsorship o f Evangel icalChrist ian Motocross Minis try "Team Fai th ," an ev an g e l i ca lChris t ian Frees ty l e Motocross (FMX) minis t ry , which performss tu n t shows a t high p ro f i l e , t e l ev i sed motocross events suchas th e Toyota AMA Arenacross Ser i e s , was o f f i c i a l l y sponsoredby th e U.S. A ir Force as of 2007. The team's uniformsdisp layed a logo which was a combina t ion of th e U.S. A irForce and Team Fai th logos, and the U.S. Air Force logos wasa lso disp layed on t h e i r motorcycles and ramps. Members ofTeam Fai th , whose mission i s " to i n f i l t r a t e p ro fess i o n a lrac ing c i r c u i t s and other Action Sports events a l l o v e r th eUS and Canada" in order to "lead extreme spor t s a th l e t e s toCh r i s t and d i s c ip l e them so t ha t they wil l in - tu rn , l eadothers involved in or i n t e r e s t ed i n th e sport to Chr i s t , "



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give t h e i r Chr i s t i an tes t imony during t h e i r performances andt r ave l with " p i t pas to rs" who p ro s e l y t i z e to the members ofother teams. A ir Force sponsorship of t h i s ev an g e l i ca lChris t ian team was widely publ ic ized on the i n t e r n e t and Inmotocross magazines.

0) Anti-Muslim art i c l e by Member o f ExtremistOrganization Published in u.s. Air Force Journal The Fa l l2008 i ssue of th e A ir & Space Power Journal included ana r t i c l e t i t l e d "Know Your Enemy/" which asse r t ed t h a t th eMuslim r e l i g io n i t s e l f i s responsib le fo r t e r ro r i sm/s e l ec t i v e ly quot ing passages from the Qur 'an/ wi th commentaryadded to por t ray Is lamic theology as inheren t ly v io len t .The A ir and Space Power Journal i s a qua r t e r ly pub l i ca t iondescr ibed as " the profess iona l f l agsh ip publ i ca t ion of th eUnited Sta te s A ir Force/" and car ry ing the logos of theDepartment of the Air Force / the Air Education TrainingCommand/ and the Air Univers i ty a t Maxwell A ir Force Base/and i s ava i l ab le on the Maxwell A ir Force Base webs i te .The A ir & Space Power Journal i den t i f i ed the au thor of "KnowYour Enemy/" Col . Thomas E. Snodgrass/ USAF ( r e t . ) / as th e"di rec tor / Mi l i ta ry In te l l igence and Stra tegy / Socie ty ofAmericans fo r Nat iona l Exis tence ."The Socie ty of Americans fo r Nat ional Exis tence (SANE) i s ananti-Muslim/ white and Chris t ian supremacis t organ iza t iont h a t emphasizes t h a t th e success of the United Sta te s was th er e s u l t of i t s founding and development by white Pro te s t an t s .SANE i s an ex t remis t o rgan iza t ion t h a t has a publ i shed i t sown "War Manifesto ."The fo l lowing a re quotes from the SANE websi t e :"rrhe Socie ty of Americans fo r Nat iona l Ex i s t ence or SANE i swhat i t s name d ec l a re s : a soc ie ty of sane Americans ded ica tedto preserv ing and s t reng then ing America ' s n a t i o n a l ex i s tence .By nat iona l ex i s t ence we mean what you normally mean whenspeaking of such mat te rs . America i s a unique people boundtoge ther through a commitment to America ' s Judeo-Chr i s t ianmoral foundat ion and to an enduring fa i th and t r u s t in G-dand in His Providence. America 's founding/ and its g rea tn es swas ne i the r acc iden t nor s tag ing ground fo r some b e t t e rex i s tence or world s t a t e . America was th e handiwork off a i t h f u l Ch r i s t i an s / mostly men/ and almost e n t i r e l y white /who ventured from Europe to crea te a nat ion in t h e i r image ofa country ex is t ing as f ree men under G-d. This cons te l l a t ionof forces ex i s t ed no where e l se in the world and r esu l ted ina unique people and nat ion ."



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"With the SANE War Manifes to , we need not t a r g e t a l l o r evenany s u b s t a n t i a l number of the wor ld ' s Shar i ah- fa i th fu lMuslims. Ins tead , we t a r g e t t h e i r l eadersh ip , t h e i r commandand-con t ro l cente rs , and t h e i r i n f r a s t r u c tu r e . w i l l many ofthem be k i l l e d in the war? Of course , and it i s i n t ended tobe so . Otherwise we can never expect to be v i c t o r i o u s .Shar iah-adheren t Muslims w i l l c e r t a in ly never abandonh i s t o r i c a l and t r a d i t i o n a l Shar i ' a eas i l y . But givensus ta ined and determined separa te -quaran t ine-search-anddes t roy opera t ions , Muslims wi l l have th e choice : e i t h e rreform your own s o c i e t i e s or fo rever be rebu i ld ing them whileburying your dead .""But there i s one guiding pr inc ip le a t work in a l l of t h i s .Any world view, ideology , o r - ism t h a t promotes d i rec t ly o ri n d i r ec t l y the e l imina t ion of nat iona l ex i s t ence and th ees tab l i shment of a world s t a t e i s our foe . So you can know a tthe s t a r t t h a t l i be ra l i sm (and t h i s inc ludes l i be r t a r i an i sm)and Islam a re in our s ig h t s . "

p) Endorsements o f Non-Federal Ent i t i e s and Promotiono f Rel ig ious Products by Mili tary Personnel The fo l lowingare th ree separa te examples of endorsements by mil i t a ryo f f i ce r s , Chaplains Maj. Todd Kepley, Maj. Oscar Arauco, andLCDR Brian K. Waite, in v io l a t i o n of DoD regu la t ions . Eachappeared on video in uniform to endorse a non-federa l en t i tyand /or p roduct .

On a t l e a s t two occasions, th e most r ecen t beingSeptember 14, 2008, a mass emai l was sen t out to Newsmax.comsubscr ibers on b eh a l f of t h e i r sponsor , Campus Crusade fo rC h r i s t ' s (CCC) Mil i ta ry Minis t ry . The purpose of th e email ,with the su b j ec t l i ne "Help Give Bibles to Our Troops," wasto s o l i c i t dona t ions fo r Campus Crusade ' s "Rapid DeploymentKits ," which co n ta in a pocket - s i zed New Testament, a da i lydevot ional , and an evange l i s t i c bookle t . The Newsmax.comemail con ta ins a photo, copyr igh ted by CCC, of a uniformedNaval o f f i c e r handing Bibles to en l i s t ed personnel . A l i n k l nth e email l ead s to a webpage con ta in ing a Campus Crusadepromotional v ideo fo r the Rapid Deployment K i t s . An Armychap la in , Capt. Todd Kepley, ( recen t ly promoted to major) ,appears in uniform in t h i s promotional v ideo , in c lea rv io l a t i o n th e DoD regu la t ion proh ib i t i ng the endorsement of anon-federa l en t i ty whi le in uniform.

Maj. Oscar Arauco, J o in t Operat ions Chaplain , Mul t i Nat ional Corp-Iraq, was in te rv iewed in uniform on video by InTouch Mi n i s t r i e s about t h e i r new produc t fo r our t roops , ahandheld , solar-powered audio device ca l led th e "In Touch



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Messenger." The Messenger, launched on Memorial Day weekend2007, con ta ins 35 sermons from In Touch Mi n i s t r i e s founderDr. Char les Stan ley . When asked by th e in te rv iewer what h isp ray e r reques t fo r the t roops would be, Maj. Arauco began h isanswer , "I would pray t h a t every se rv i ce member and c iv i l i a nhere would grow c lose r in a re l a t ionsh ip with Jesus Chr i s t .For some fo lks - - they d o n ' t have a c lue - - and t h e y ' l l movea little c lose r and maybe one day come to Chr i s t . " When askedif he was f ami l i a r wi th the teach ings of Dr. Stan ley , Maj.Arauco sa id t h a t he was. Dr. Stan ley ' s t each ings include manys ta tements on the cu r ren t wars i n I raq and Afghanis tan be ingo p p o r t u n i t i e s fo r evangelism, such as : "God has div inereasons fo r choos ing to use war as a veh ic le to accomplishH is w i l l , " and "American foreign p o l i cy and mi l i t a r y mighthave opened an oppor tun i ty fo r the Gospel in the l and ofAbraham, Isaac and Jacob." According to the In TouchMi n i s t r i e s webs i te , 50,000 Messengers have a l ready been sen tto u .S . t roops , and ano ther 30,000 a re on th e way. TheMessenger i s a l so now being produced in severa l fo re ignlanguages - - inc lud ing Arabic .

Navy Chapla in LCDR Brian K. Waite has hab i tua l lyv io la t ed DoD regu la t ions endorsing non-federa l e n t i t i e s inuniform by h is endorsements of Revival Fi re s Min i s t r i e s . Inl a t e 2007, an i nves t iga t ion of LCDR Waite a lso revea led t h a th is educat ional c reden t i a l s co n s i s ted p r i mar i l y o f diplomami l l degrees , t h a t he had wri t t en a v i r u l en t l y ant i -Musl imbook in 2002, which was pul led o f f th e market when it wasr ev ea l ed t h a t much of its con ten t was plag ia r i zed and t h a tWaite had faked two of the endorsements on i t s back cover .The exposure of Wai te ' s Anti-Musl im wri t ings and plag iar i smled to the immediate removal of Waite from th e GraduateTheologica l Foundat ion, a c i v i l i a n i n s t i t u t i on where he wasth e d i rec to r of a docto ra l program in mil i t a ry minis t ry ,i n s t i t u t e d a t th e r eq u es t o f th e Navy, b ut no ac t ion aga ins tLCDR wai te by th e Navy.Chapla in Waite has a very c lose assoc ia t ion with RevivalFi re s Mi n i s t r i e s and i t s founder, Dr. Cec i l Todd, who c l ea r lyholds th e same ant i -Musl im views expressed by Waite in h isbook. Waite has appeared in uniform a t th e min i s t r y ' scampmeetings fo r the p a s t th ree years . Waite ' s photo andendorsement a l so cur ren t ly appear on th e mi n i s t ry websi t e o fCeci l Todd's son, Tim Todd, recent ly appear ing nex t to theyounger Todd's s ta tement : "We must l e t th e Muslims, th e HareKrishna ' s , the Hindu 's , the Buddhis t ' s and a l l other cu l t sand fa l se r e l i g io n s know, 'You a re welcome to l i ve inAmerica...bu t t h i s i s a Chr i s t i an nat ion ...t h i s i s God's country!I f you d o n ' t l i ke our emphasis on Ch r i s t , prayer and the HolyBible, you are f ree to l eave anytime! '" Another s t a t ement on



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t h i s same page f a l s e ly s t a t ed t h a t "Our government no l ongerprov ides Bibles fo r our t roops! Because of th e foo l i sh' s epa ra t ion of church and s t a t e ' ba t t l e going on in t h i scountry , our mi l i t a r y s topped t h i s years ago. However, th eU.S. mi l i t a r y does give a copy of the Koran to a l l o f ourso ld ie r s so they can 'know t h e i r enemy. I say we need togive our s o ld i e r s a copy of the Bib le so they can 'know t h e i rsav ior ! ! ! I "A video of th e most r ecen t Reviva l Fi re s campmeeting, held inJune 2008 in Branson, Missour i , a t which Chaplain Waiteappeared in uniform as a fea tu red speaker , was not onlyr e l ig ious , bu t p o l i t i c a l , inc lud ing an ant i -Musl im sermont i t l e d "America ' s Worst Nightmare," del ivered by Ceci l Todd,in which, among other th ings , then p r e s id en t i a l cand ida teBarack Obama was por t rayed as an Is lamic t e r r o r i s tsYmpathizer. LCDR Waite ' s photo and endorsement appear on thesame Revival Fi re s websi te t h a t conta ined s i m i l a r sermonscon ta in ing s ta tements such as "Now - - GOD FORBID - - We haveone of our Pres iden t i a l cand ida tes who was r a i s ed a Muslim... he was t r a i n e d i n a Muslim school - - he w i l l r a re ly ( i fever! ) pledge to our f l ag if he can avoid i t , " and ""Why i sObama pushing so hard to b r ing our t roops home? Why i s t h a tso impor tan t to him and h is suppor ters? I b e l i ev e I know why. . . th e evidence i s in , I bel ieve OBAMA IS STILL A MUSLIM INHIS HEART! He doesn ' t want h is Muslim bro thers and s i s t e r sk i l l ed ! In my opinion - - Barack 'Husse in ' Obama i s posing asa Chris t ian to ge t your vote!"

Also a t i s sue i s th e r e la t ionsh ip between Reviva l Fi re sMi n i s t r i e s and th e Pentagon i t s e l f . According to a p ressre l ea se from th e minis t ry , Revival Fi re s , "a t the reques t o fth e Chief Chaplains of th e Pentagon," has been shippingBib les to I raq , v ia mi l i t a r y a i r l i f t , s ince 2003, descr ib ingth e Bible , which ca r r i e s on i t s cover th e o f f i c i a l logos o fa l l branches of the mi l i t a r y , as having been "des igned andau thor ized by th e Chief Chaplains of th e Pentagon." In ar ecen t news i tem pos ted on the Reviva l Fi re s websi t e aboutth e min i s t r y ' s "Yellow-Ribbon Ral l i e s , " even t s to r a i s e moneyfo r Bibles fo r the m i l i t a ry , Cec i l Todd descr ibed himse l f asbeing "on ass ignment from th e Pentagon," and again s t a t edt h a t th e r e la t ionsh ip between Reviva l Fi re s and th e Pentagonwas i n i t i a t ed by th e Pentagon. In November 2008, MRFF sen t al e t t e r to the Secre tary of Defense demanding t h a t th e DoDInspec to r Genera l prompt ly i n i t i a t e an i nves t iga t ion in to th ebackground and a c t i v i t i e s of LCDR Waite, and t h a t anyex i s t ing a s soc ia t ion between the U.S. mi l i t a r y and Reviva lFi re s Mi n i s t r i e s be immediately t e rminated .



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p) Cons t i tu t iona l ly impermissib le support fo rr e l ig ious organ iza t ions with in the mil i t a ry , and thoseorganized by and comprised of members of the mil i t a ry , suchas Off icers Chr i s t i an Fellowship and CREDO S p i r i t u a l Fi t n essDivis ions , and Mil i t a ry Minis t ry ;

q) Cons t i tu t iona l ly impermissib le support fo r p r iv a t ere l ig ious organ iza t ions t h a t a re gran ted access to mi l i t a r yi n s t a l l a t i o n s , some of which a re under DoD con t rac t .These organ iza t ions inc lude Mil i ta ry Minis t ry , CadenceMini s t r i e s , Malachi Mini s t r i e s and Mil i ta ry Community YouthMini s t r i e s ;r) Cons t i tu t iona l ly impermissib le support fo r o f f i c i a lendorsement of pr iva te r e l ig ious organ iza t ions by members of

the mil i t a ry and /or the Department of Defense. Endorsedorgan iza t ions inc lude: Chris t ian Embassy, Opera t ion St ra igh tUp, and H.O.P.E. Mini s t r i e s In t e rna t iona l ;

s) Cons t i tu t iona l ly impermissib le support fo r b l a t a n tdisp lays o f r e l ig ious symbolism on mil i t a ry garb , f igh te ra i r c r a f t and squadron bui ld ings by the U.S. A ir Force 523rdFi g h t e r Squadron;t ) Cons t i tu t iona l ly impermissib le support fo rplacement of a b i b l i c a l quotat ion above the door of the A irand Space Basic Course classroom a t Maxwell A ir Force Base;u) Cons t i tu t iona l ly impermissib le suppor t fo r i l l e g a luse of o f f i c i a l mil i t a ry e-mai l accounts to send e-mai l s

con ta in ing r e l ig ious rhe to r ic ;v) Fa i lu re of mi l i t a r y chain of command and /or EOsystem to adequately address compla ints of co n s t i t u t i o n a l l yimpermissib le promotions of r e l i g io n . MRFF has rece ived anumber of well-documented repor t s from serv ice members whohave unsuccessfu l ly at tempted to reso lve these i s sues throught h e i r command's EO of f ice and /or Inspec to r General ;

VI. Causes of Action15. The requi rement of the p l a i n t i f f Chalker to a t tend

mi l i t a r y funct ions and formations where sec ta r ian Chr i s t i anprayers are de l ivered was and i s con t ra ry to c l ea r ly e s t ab l i s h lawand has the e f f e c t of denying p l a i n t i f f Chalker h i s co n s t i t u t i o n a l



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r i g h t to be f ree of sec ta r ian r e l ig ious p rac t i ces as guaranteed byth e Establ ishment Clause of the F i r s t Amendment. U.S.CONST.Amendment I .

16. P l a i n t i f f Chalker , as an ac t ive duty member of theUnited Sta tes Army, has been cons t ruc t ive ly requ i red by th emandatory at tendance a t fu n c t i o n s / f e s t i v i t i e s to submit to ar e l ig ious t e s t as a qua l i f i ca t ion fo r h is duty as a so ld ie r in theUnited Sta te s Army. Such a t e s t v io la tes p l a i n t i f f Chalker ' sr igh t s under Art ic le 6, Clause 3, of the United Sta te sConst i tu t ion . U.S. CaNST., Art i c l e VI, c l . 3.VII. Remedies

17. Pla in t i f f s seek an in junc t ion proh ib i t i ng the UnitedSta te s Department of Defense and i t s c iv i l i a n and mi l i t a r ypersonne l from i n t e r fe r ing with the r igh t s of p l a i n t i f f Chalkerand those s imi la r ly s i t u a t ed to be f ree of compulsory r e l ig iousprac t ices and to be f ree o f imposi t ion of a r e l ig ious t e s t .

18. The i n junc t ive r e l i e f would spec i f i ca l ly p r o h ib i tmandatory at tendance by p l a i n t i f f Chalker and those s imi la r lys i t u a t ed a t mi l i t a r y funct ions / fo rmat ions t h a t inc lude a sec ta r ianprayer .

WHEREFORE, p l a i n t i f f s seek i n junc t ive r e l i e f as spec i f i edabove and such other r e l i e f as t h i s Cour t deems appropr ia te underthe ci rcumstances .

Respec t fu l ly submit ted,



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IRIGONEGARAY & ASSOCIATES1535 S.W. 29th S t r ee tTopeka, Kansas 66611-1901(785) 267-6115By: / s / Robert V. EveRober t V. EyeKansas Supreme Court No. 10689Pedro L. I r igonegarayKansas Supreme Court No. 8079

El izabeth R. Herber tKansas Supreme Court No. 9420Attorneys fo r Pla in t i f f s



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DESIGNATION OF PLACE OF TRIAL

Pla in t i f f s des ignate Kansas City, Kansas as the place o ft r i a l o f t h i s ac t ion .

By: l s i Robert V. EyeRobert V. Eye, #10689


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