Thursday, January 21, 2010

Mich. Firm To Stop Embedding Bible Verses On Military Gun Sights



Company Offers To Stop Putting Biblical References On Military Scopes -- CNN

(CNN) -- A manufacturer that has been inscribing Bible references on rifle sights used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan announced Thursday that it will stop putting scripture references on products the U.S. military uses.

Gen. David Petraeus, commander of United States Central Command, said Wednesday -- apparently before learning of the company's announcement -- that the references were a "big concern" to the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps, which have contracts for the scopes.

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More News On Biblical Versus On Military Scopes

Mich. firm to stop embedding Bible verses on military gun sights -- USA Today
Pentagon Responds to Concerns over Bible References on Gunsights -- Voice of America
Muslim anger over US military 'Jesus' scopes -- Breitbart/AFP
Firm to Remove Bible References From Gun Sights -- New York Times
Firm will remove Bible references from gun sights -- Washington Post
ADF scrambles in row over biblical gunsights -- ABC News (Australia)
ABC News Concerned Over Super-Secret Bible Conspiracy -- Jawa report

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