Atheist soldier gains attention

A Fort Riley soldier who has served in Iraq is becoming the national face of one organization's push for religious freedom in the military

"What we've discovered is that within the U.S. military those who do not agree with the very specific religious views of a significant number of high-ranking officers are treated unequally," said Pedro Irigonegaray, one of Hall's attorneys. "This is an effort to bring about equal treatment under the law to all soldiers, to protect all soldiers' right to their individual faith and to ensure that the U.S. military does not endorse a particular religion."

Hall, an atheist, has sued, saying that Christian religion was pushed on soldiers while attempts to discuss his atheist views were met with threats to his military career by a superior officer.

The effort, Irigonegaray says, isn't about taking religion out of the military.