North Dakota Tribe Barring Church Protesters
Published: December 2, 2006
"BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) -- A church group that protests at military funerals around the country will be barred from services for an American Indian soldier on a reservation, tribal officials say.
... Goodiron, 25, of Mandaree, known on the reservation as Young Eagle, was killed Thanksgiving Day in Afghanistan when a grenade struck his vehicle while he was on patrol. He was a member of the 1st Battalion of the North Dakota National Guard's 188th Air Defense Artillery.
... Church members say the deaths of soldiers are punishment from God for the country's tolerance of homosexuals."
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