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…but this post about a soldier pressured into clapping for Rick Warren’s invocation is remarkable: How Rick Warren’s Invocation Made a U.S. Army Officer “Hate Himself”.

Though perhaps not a surprise if you’ve previously read about the alarming level of “aggressively evangelical Christians” in the military. I need to read Mikey Weinstein’s book sometime.

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