Marine removed from duty over Bible coin reports

Wow! This is a tough call! If it were anyone else I would be completely okay with this! I feel it is a person's right to witness the Gospel to others just like it is "other's" right to refuse said coin. But certain rules do not apply to military personnel, I know, I'm in the service. If the UCMJ prohibits service-men and -women from proselytizing, then he should not have done what he did. It's that simple. It's tough to say this because military-member aside I totally agree with his actions, but the military-member fact trumps everything else. Being in the military I know first hand the extent to which the military teaches it's members about cultural diversity. What the Marine did kind of violates those teachings as well. When deployed, need to have respect for the culture we find ourselves in first and foremost. Long story short - he crossed the line by technicality. The punishment he deserves is exactly what the UCMJ said it would be. I would prefer, however, not to see him lose his job or anything like that - we owe a debt of gratitude to our Marines...

I think this guy stepped WAY over the line. Americans would be horribly offended if a foriegn soldier came to the United States and started proselytizing - it is incredibly insensitive and downright rude. We're not there to spread christianity. The government is supposed to respect peoples freedom of religion, and each soldier is supposed to uphold the constitution, and thus, trying to convert someone is not respecting their religion. I personally think the person should be penalized to the fullest extent of the law. How would you feel if a soldier was passing out Koran coins to other soldiers and trying to convert other soldiers to islam?

If military regulations prohibit proselytizing, then yes. Certainly, he took this as an opportunity to pass on his own personal religious message when he was there for a different reason.