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Like an earlier e-mail about the alleged removal of cross-shaped headstones from cemeteries, this item is a fabricated exaggeration of the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) stance on the overlap of government and religion. It doesn't represent either a real event or a position the ACLU has taken, and the supposed spokespeople quoted — Marine Colonel Jack Fessender and ACLU spokesman Lucius Traveler — do not exist. The ACLU also notes the falsity of this item in a web site FAQ entry: Another related item frequently circulated in tandem with this one is also false: The ACLU is not pursuing (and has never filed) a lawsuit seeking to end prayer from the military completely. Navy chaplains also are not prohibited from mentioning Jesus' name in prayer, nor has the ACLU engaged in any effort to bring about that result.
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