Maybe the military isn't so full of fundies as I feared. Justin Griffith managed to get dog tags with his religious preference — "ATHEIST/FSM" — which is good to hear. It wasn't easy, since his recruiter lied and listed him as a Baptist. The story of his drill sergeant's reaction to discovering his holy book, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, is well worth reading, too.
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