Unequal treatment for secular event at Fort Bragg
Written by Tom Beasley in News at March 7, 2011
Fort Bragg has previously hosted specifically Christian music events and provided them with services and advertising. When challenged, Fort Bragg responded that they would provide equal services to any other group planning a similar event. The “Rock Beyond Belief” event, a secular music event, did not receive as warm of a reception:
Last week, the Garrison Commander at Fort Bragg placed crippling last-minute restrictions on our event, effectively forcing us to shut down.
These restrictions are clearly breaking their promise to provide an equal level of support to the controversial evangelical Christian membership drive known as Rock the Fort. This promise has been repeated to me at every step of the 5+ months of planning, and even publicly repeated by the Garrison Commander’s own legal staff (17 February 2011).
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