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West Point cadet who quit over ‘religious bigotry’ going home amid firestorm

(MCT) — MINNEAPOLIS — Six months short of graduation, West Point cadet Blake Page resigned over what he says is a culture that promotes prayer and religion and harasses nonreligious cadets at one of the country’s most prestigious military academies.

Within the next few days, his life in the military will be over and he’ll be headed to Minnesota amid a firestorm about the meaning of God and country and the separation of church and state.

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