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Kindgo
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Yes I read the article and ....BIBLES CAN BE SENT....
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiheral...rld/5603707.htm
Official: Bibles Can Be Sent to Troops
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Bibles and other religious materials can be sent by family members to servicemen and women serving in the Middle East, a top postal official stressed Thursday.
Postal Vice President Azeezaly Jaffer's comments came after a report that a North Carolina man was told by a postal clerk that he could not send a book of Bible verses to his son, serving in Kuwait, because of regulations against sending non-Islamic materials to Middle Eastern countries.
"The regulation is intended for mass mailings, but there is nothing precluding a family member from sending a Bible or Torah or Quran or whatever the case may be to a soldier that is stationed there," Jaffer said.
Materials mailed to service members overseas are handled by the Military Postal Service Agency, which delivers them to soldiers in the field.
At the Pentagon, Lt. Commander Don Soule agreed that there is no restriction against a family member sending religious materials for the personal use of a service member. The restriction is against mass mailings of material to be distributed, he said.
Many Islamic countries restrict what can be sent there and a postal regulation for military mail going to those countries lists religious materials contrary to the Islamic faith or depicting nude or seminude persons, pornographic or sexual items or nonauthorized political materials.
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Kindgo
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The Postal Service restriction violates the First Amendment's establishment clause by respecting one religion over others, said John Whitehead, the Rutherford Institute's president. The institute is best known for shouldering Paula Jones' legal expenses in her sexual harassment suit against former President Clinton.
Did you read the article ??????
There is No Violation of the 1st Amendment here:
There are Laws of Other Nations,
Like it or not,
that we Must abide by;
Same as the Laws we Have
forbidding the Mailing of "Contraban" into the USA.
That we Demand other Nations Postal service
to inforce, or abide by,
when accepting Post bound for the USA.
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Kindgo
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US Post Office REFUSES to mail Christian Literature to US Soldiers!
http://newsobserver.com/nc24hour/nc...p-2255900c.html
N.C. man sues after religious mail to Mideast refused
The Associated Press
LENOIR, N.C. (AP) - Postal officials' refusal to ship Christian literature to an Army National Guardsman stationed in the Middle East is drawing legal attention from a Virginia civil liberties organization.
Jack Moody of Lenoir was rejected when he tried to send a parcel to his son containing a Christian comic book and a book of Bible verses. Moody was told a U.S. Postal Service regulation prohibits the mailing of "any matter containing religious materials contrary to Islamic faith."
His angry calls to congressional offices caught the attention of the Charlottesville, Va.-based Rutherford Institute.
Nisha Mohammed, a spokeswoman for the institute, said late Wednesday that lawyers for Rutherford planned to sue the U.S. Postmaster General on Moody's behalf, contending the restriction violates his rights to free speech and exercise of religion. Mohammed said the lawsuit would be filed as early as Thursday morning in federal court in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Military Postal Service Agency, which handles all overseas military mail, blamed the controversy on an unclear rule that needs rewriting.
The local post office should have let Moody ship the books, officials said. The restriction doesn't apply to religious materials sent to individuals overseas, the wording of the regulation has caused confusion, and the MPSA is reviewing the regulation to try to clarify it, postal officials said.
"If nothing else out of this, we need clarification, obviously," said Bill Brown, a spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service in Charlotte. "We will make sure we do get it clarified. We just want to do the right thing by our troops over there."
The restriction, included in the Postal Service's regulations for overseas military mail, was adopted around the time of the 1991 Persian Gulf War and originates with Customs regulations in many Middle Eastern countries, said Mark Saunders, a Postal Service spokesman in Washington.
One of the countries is Kuwait, where Moody's son, Daniel, was stationed until recently. Daniel Moody, 21, is a specialist with the Army National Guard's 1454th Transportation Company, based in Concord.
Kuwait enforces strict regulations on religious materials, alcohol, pornography and firearms, the State Department said.
"That's reality. Anything going to another country has to go through Customs," Saunders said. He added that the restriction is intended only to keep large quantities of religious material from circulating in foreign countries, and "if you're mailing an individual item to a service member, that shouldn't be a problem."
MPSA officials said they have received calls and questions about the regulation and admitted it has caused confusion among the public and postal employees.
Tommie Kelly, the agency's acting chief of operations, said he's drafted a proposed change to the regulation's wording that would clarify what it prohibits. He wouldn't be more specific. But Kelly said he's never seen an official government definition of what is "contrary to Islamic faith" - which, he said, is part of the problem.
There's no question, though, that a parent can send a Bible or other religious items to a son or daughter stationed overseas, Kelly said. "We want to ensure that our people are not being denied their right to send materials to their loved ones."
The Postal Service restriction violates the First Amendment's establishment clause by respecting one religion over others, said John Whitehead, the Rutherford Institute's president. The institute is best known for shouldering Paula Jones' legal expenses in her sexual harassment suit against former President Clinton.
Jack Moody, told about Kelly's comments Tuesday, said he'd check with the Postal Service and MPSA and try again.
Information from: The Charlotte Observer
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Kindgo
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