Alright, the jig’s up. The liberal media has you dead to rights so you might as well come clean. Admit it: you’re a (gasp!) Christian.

Acting as if they’d just discovered a scandalous skeleton in the closet of Michigan-based optics maker Trijicon Inc., ABC News reported that the U.S. Marine Corps is considering whether to rescind a contract for ACOG riflescopes because of a reference to Biblical scripture engraved on sights delivered to the Marines.

"We are aware of the issue and are concerned with how this may be perceived," Capt. Geraldine Carey, a spokesperson for the Marine Corps, said in a statement. "We will meet with the vendor to discuss future sight procurements." Carey added that when the initial contract for ACOG sights was issued in 2005, the ACOG was the only optic that met the Corps’ needs.

However, a spokesperson for CentCom, the U.S. military's overall command in Iraq and Afghanistan, said he did not understand why the issue was any different from U.S. money with religious inscriptions on it. "The perfect parallel that I see," said Maj. John Redfield, "is between the statement that's on the back of our dollar bills, which is 'In God We Trust,' and we haven't moved away from that."

Added Redfield, "Unless the equipment that's being used that has these inscriptions proved to be less than effective for soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and military folks using it, I wouldn't see why we would stop using that."

As ABC News reported Monday, the sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. Trijicon has a $660 million multi-year contract to provide up to 800,000 sights to the Marine Corps, and additional contracts to provide sights to the U.S. Army.

U.S. military rules specifically prohibit the proselytizing of any religion in Iraq or Afghanistan to prevent a perception that the U.S. is engaged in a Crusade against Islam.

The Biblical references are found on the base of the ACOGs, immediately after the serial number. JO8:12 refers to John 8:12 which says, “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

Another “hidden” inscription was 2COR4:6 which refers to Second Corinthians, chapter 4, verse 6. The verse reads: "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."

The Insider has visited Trijicon’s headquarters in Wixom, Mich. and I can attest that it’s all true—company president Steve Binden, son of the founder of the company, is actively involved in his church and has donated generously to Christian charities. He is a good man who has put his faith before his wallet and has probably done more philanthropic work than I know about.

I was favorably impressed when I saw a Biblical verse chiseled into a stone in the entry to the company’s headquarters.

The fact that ABC News has taken such a condescending tone in reporting this harmless “scandal” reveals once more how pervasively the liberal media has accepted the doctrine of secular humanism. To them, the very idea of displaying any sort of faith-based concept outside of a church is abhorrent.

I say bravo to Trijicon for having the courage of their convictions and three cheers for Steve Binden for his tangible expressions of his Christian faith.