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Service members stationed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have sought the help of an advocacy group to bring down two Nativity scenes in on-base galleys and relocate them to the on-base chapel. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation received an email Monday night signed by 18 active-duty service members protesting the Nativity scenes set up at the Guantanamo’s Gold Hill and Seaside galleys.. “Our local military family encompasses many faiths and beliefs to include Muslim, Jewish, Wiccan, Buddhist, Agnostic and other denominations,” the email to MRFF states. “By placing these displays in prominent common areas, the impression is that one faith is better than others, and that the military institution singularly promotes Christianity.” (via Nativity scene at Guantanamo triggers controversy | Navy Times | navytimes.com)
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