The Story:  “Military Training Document: Anti-Christian SPLC a Trusted Source to Define ‘Extremism'” by Ken Klukowski at Breitbart.com. The Lead: Fox News’s Todd Starnes reported Wednesday on a Ft. Hood briefing where reportedly soldiers were told that evangelical Christians and Tea Party supporters are a threat to the United States and are “tearing the nation apart.” Soldiers were...

By Greg Scott Did you know that Christians who affirm biblical truth on human sexuality are Neo-Nazis? So says yet another instructor at yet another “training” session for service members at yet another Army post. Todd Starnes reported yesterday that soldiers at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center in south Mississippi were subjected to a...

  The Story:  “US Army Defines Christian Ministry as ‘Domestic Hate Group'” by Todd Starnes at FoxNews.com. The Lead:  “The soldier said a chaplain interrupted the briefing and challenged the instructor’s assertion that AFA is a hate group. “’The instructor said AFA could be considered a hate group because they don’t like gays,’ the soldier...

By Michael Berry The following, written by new to “The Edge” blogger, Michael Berry, is part two of a two-part essay that examines the roots and modern out-workings of religious liberty in the United States military. Part one can was published on Tuesday, October 8.   Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk, a 19-year Air Force...

By Michael Berry The following, written by new to “The Edge” blogger, Michael Berry, is part one of a two-part essay that examines the roots and modern out-workings of religious liberty in the United States military. Part 2 will be published on Thursday, October 10. The notion that men go off to war for causes...

The Story: “Airmen Say Air Force is Punishing Evangelical Christians,” by Todd Starnes at FoxNews.com The Lead:“’There is an atmosphere of intimidation at Lackland Air Force Base,” said Steve Branson, the pastor of Village Parkway Baptist Church in San Antonio. “Gay commanders and officers are pushing their agenda on the airmen. There is a culture...