The request
comes after several training incidents in which Army instructors may have
relied on anti-Christian materials produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center,
an organization that was linked to domestic terrorism in federal court in
February, 2013.
Lt. General
Jerry Boykin (retired), Family Research Council's executive vice
president, made the following comments:
"In recent
months, Army instructors have begun relying on the Southern Poverty Law Center,
an anti-Christian group linked to domestic terrorism, as a source for its
briefings. While we are encouraged that the Army Secretary has issued an order
ceasing such briefings, we remain concerned that individual installation
briefings may continue to draw upon SPLC materials.
"We are
asking Secretary Hagel to issue clear guidance to the Defense Equal Opportunity
Management Institute and instructing installations to stop relying on SPLC and
other non-governmental sources as approved resources for equal opportunity
training or other purposes.
"We will
continue to monitor this situation and remain in contact with the Department of
Defense to ensure that instructors carry out their role to train our troops to
defend our freedom, and not push the Southern Poverty Law Center's
anti-Christian agenda," concluded Boykin.
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