NZ army to remove Bible citations from armaments

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100121/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_weapon_sights


Biblical citations inscribed on U.S.-manufactured weapon sights used by New Zealand's troops in Afghanistan will be removed because they are inappropriate and could stoke religious tensions, New Zealand said Thursday.

The inscriptions on products from defense contractor Trijicon of Wixom, Michigan, came to light this week in the U.S. where Army officials said Tuesday they would investigate whether the gun sights — also used by U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq — violate U.S. procurement laws.

Australia also said Thursday its military used the sights and was now assessing what to do.

Trijicon said it has had such inscriptions on its products for three decades and has never received complaints about them before. The inscriptions, which don't include actual text from the Bible, refer numerically to passages from the book.
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30 years!

the kind of christians that do things like this company has done for 30 years are disgusting and dangerous. our govt. should break all contracts with this company NOW.