Pastor: Muslims in military a ‘recipe for disaster’

Allowing military service for those with "different beliefs and different religious structure” is a "recipe for disaster,” a West Des Moines pastor told controversial Christian radio host Steve Deace Friday.

Deace was discussing the shootings at the Ft. Hood military base in Texas with Bob Deever, pastor at Grace West Church in West Des Moines. Deever said because alleged gunman Major Nadal Hasaan was a Muslim he did not have the proper foundation to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces.

"He didn’t have the same foundation as we have, which is the Constitution anchored in the gospel of Jesus Christ that protects us no matter what,” Deever said. "So here we have a person or people that are allowed in to our military branch that is supposed to protect the Constitution that don’t even agree with the Constitution we’re fighting for. So to me, the foundation is cracked. It’s broken (...)