Grassley & King Meet With Walter Reed Officials to Discuss Bible Ban at Military Hospital
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, December 23, 2011, 4:55 AM
GATEWAY PUNDITWhile we were preoccupied with Obama’s disastrous economic policies and foreign interventions, military bureaucrats under Barack Obama passed a new rule that barred loved ones from bringing Bibles to wounded soldiers.
The US Military says they are rescinding the order but only after Republican lawmaker Steve King denounced the policy on the House floor.
The US Military says they are rescinding the order but only after Republican lawmaker Steve King denounced the policy on the House floor.
Earlier this week Rep. King and Senator Charles Grassley spoke with Walter Reed officials about the controversial measure.
The Steve King Congressional website reported:
Washington, DC- Congressman Steve King and Senator Chuck Grassley met with senior leadership of the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center yesterday to discuss a recent memo released by the Medical Center prohibiting the use and distribution of Bibles and other religious materials during visits to wounded soldiers. After receiving the memo on December 2nd, King called Vice Admiral John Mateczun, Commander of the Joint Task Force National Capital Region Medical, and Rear Admiral Alton Stocks, Commander of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, to Capitol Hill. King and Grassley were informed that the memo was worded improperly, that the Medical Center has rescinded the memo, and that a new memo will be drafted to affirmatively assert that religious items and artifacts are welcome in the hospital, if they are welcomed by the patient. King and Grassley released the following statements after the meeting:“The meeting with Vice Admiral Mateczun, Rear Admiral Stocks, and Senator Grassley was productive because the Walter Reed staff has agreed to write a new rule that affirms a visitor’s ability to bring Bibles and other religious material when they visit,” King said. “I have asked to look over the new rule before it’s officially released and that they identify the individual who is responsible for writing this unconstitutional nonsense.”