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Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots
Armed Forces Tea Party Winding Down? (SEE LATE UPDATE)
Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots founder Gary Stein (inset) and unaffiliated Tea Party protesters in Washington, D.C.
Is the Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots no more?
The group's organizer, Gary Stein, yesterday took down the Facebook page through which over 400 people had signed on in recent weeks. And according to the San Diego Union Tribune, Stein, an active duty Marine Corps sergeant, also canceled an interview with MSNBC.
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Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots
Armed Forces Tea Party 'In No Way Supports A Military Uprising'
Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots founder Gary Stein (inset) and unaffiliated Tea Party protesters in Washington, D.C.
The organizer of the Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots is offering reassurance that his group doesn't support a military uprising, views President Obama as the legitimate commander-in-chief, and will follow all constitutional orders.
But Gary Stein, an active duty Marine Corps sergeant, affirmed his belief in his group's right to voice its opinion.
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Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots
Tea Party Movement Spreads To Military
The Tea Party movement has gained a foothold in the armed forces.
A new Tea Party group, Armed Forces Tea Party Patriots, has grown quickly since being launched last month by an active duty Marine Corps sergeant. The group, which vows to "stand up on the very soil we defended to preserve common sense conservatism and defend our Constitution that is threatened by a tyrannical government," currently has over 400 members, who have signed up through its Facebook page, though many are not active duty military. And it has close ties to the broader Tea Party movement.
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Military On Rifle Scope Bible Citations: It's Just Like 'In God We Trust' On Money
Iraqi police officer in Hayy, Iraq, looks through Trijicon scope with Bible verse in March, 2009 (magnified below).
Responding to the controversy over Biblical inscriptions on military rifle scopes in Iraq and Afghanistan, a spokesman for the U.S. Central Command told the AP, "This situation is not unlike the situation with U.S. currency. Are we going to stop using money because the bills have 'In God We Trust' on them?"
In an interview with ABC, the spokesman, Air Force Maj. John Redfield, argued that the inscriptions on Trijicon rifle scopes do not violate the military's ban on proselytizing "because this equipment is not issued beyond the U.S. Defense Department personnel. It's not something we're giving away to the local folks."
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Trijicon
Despite Extensive Online Discussions, Military Denies Knowledge Of Rifle Scope Bible Verses
Trijicon scope's Bible verse pointed out on YouTube last year.
Responding to the revelation that rifle sights used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan are inscribed with Bible citations, a Marine Corps spokesman told TPMmuckraker today that the branch simply didn't know about the inscriptions until inquiries were made last week.
But posts on gun enthusiast forums from as early as 2006 and Youtube videos watched thousands of times extensively discuss the Bible verses on the Trijicon rifle sights, casting doubt on the military's claim that it was unaware of what was apparently a poorly kept secret.
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