Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee told an Iowa talk radio show host on Saturday that young Christians should wait until President Obama left office before considering military service. He said there is a culture of persecution in the military under Obama, making it a “hostile work environment.”

Huckabee was responding to a story in the Washington Times about recent high-profile cases of discrimination against Christians in the military. Michael Berry of the Liberty Institute, a Florida-based public interest law firm representing many of these cases, said Christian parents may discourage their children from serving.

Berry’s firm represents a Christian pastor who has ministered to sailors and Marines for almost 20 years, whom the Navy is about to discharge because he counseled sailors on human sexuality that offended a homosexual officer.

Huckabee called it “one of the great tragedies of our time”.

Read the article “Huckabee to Christians: Don’t Join Military Until Obama’s Gone” on breitbart.com.