Jeremy Hall (United States Army)
Jeremy Hall (born 1985) is a United States Army Specialist and atheist.
Hall was serving in Iraq when his battalion commander asked him if he was an atheist. Hall replied "Yes". According to Hall, in the weeks and months that followed he was harassed to the point where a superior officer, Major Freddy J. Welborne, threatened to bring charges against him claiming he was violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice by organizing a meeting of the Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers. Working with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, Hall filed a lawsuit on September 18, 2007. The lawsuit was re-filed on March 5, 2008, to include charges of retribution.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
On October 10, 2008, Specialist Jeremy Hall and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ cnn.com: Atheist soldier claims harassment
- ^ cnn.com: Atheist soldier sues Army for 'unconstitutional' discrimination
- ^ Loveland, Anne (2014-07-30). Change and Conflict in the U.S. Army Chaplain Corps since 1945. Univ. of Tennessee Press. ISBN 978-1-62190-079-5.
- ^ Clarke, Steve; Powell, Russell; Savulescu, Julian (2013-05-30). Religion, Intolerance, and Conflict: A Scientific and Conceptual Investigation. OUP Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-964091-1.
- ^ Banerjee, Neela (2008-04-26). "Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats (Published 2008)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Fort Riley atheist soldier speaks out on lawsuit". www.statesboroherald.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Jeremy Hall Withdraws His Lawsuit".
- General
- Atheist Lawsuit Against US Military Dismissed, 7 January 2010
External links
[edit]- Press Release The Military Religious Freedom Foundation