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    Retired military officer disinvited from Fort Riley prayer breakfast

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    By KMAN Staff on June 9, 2016 Fort Riley, Local News

    A war of words is being waged at Fort Riley after a highly decorated retired officer was disinvited from a prayer breakfast because of complaints about his outspoken Christian conservative views.

    The Topeka Capital-Journal reports retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin was scheduled to speak Monday at Fort Riley as part of the 1st Infantry Division’s “Victory Week.”

    Boykin spent 36 years in the Army and led the elite Delta Force in attempts to recover hostages in Iran, apprehend Manuel Noriega and track drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.

    But he also has drawn attention for claiming Islam doesn’t deserve First Amendment protection and that President Barack Obama subliminally supports al-Qaeda.

    Boykin was disinvited from the breakfast after the Military Religious Freedom Foundation protested his appearance at the event.

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