The British Armed Forces pride themselves on welcoming people from
all backgrounds.
The message: If you're prepared to accept what the forces are all about,
then whatever your gender, race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or
religious belief - there's a place for you.
But it may still come as a surprise to hear that a registered Satanist
has served in the Royal Navy.
In 2004, it emerged that 24-year-old Naval Technician Chris
Cranmer, 24, had been allowed to register by the captain of
the now-decommissioned HMS Cumberland - and even to perform
Satanic rituals on board.
Mr Cranmer told the Sunday Telegraph he realised he
was a Satanist when he was a teenager, after stumbling across a copy of the
Satanic Bible, written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey. He
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