Air Force Eases Rules on Religion

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From Staff Sgt. Tony R. Tolley / dod.gov

A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon takes off from a United Kingdom base in 2005.

Washington Post: The Air Force, under pressure from evangelical Christian groups and members of Congress, softened its guidelines on religious expression yesterday to emphasize that superior officers may discuss their faith with subordinates and that chaplains will not be required to offer nonsectarian prayers.

“This does affirm every airman’s right, even the commanders’ right, to free exercise of religion, and that means sharing your faith,” said Maj. Gen. Charles C. Baldwin, the Air Force’s chief of chaplains. | story

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By A. A. Murphy, February 12, 2006 at 11:12 am Link to this comment
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This is outrageous and disgusting. It’s blatantly unconstitutional for the armed services to even have chaplains, much less allow officers to impose their weird belief systems on others.

How is that different from allowing public school teachers to “discuss” their belief in supernatural beings with students? It isn’t, yet the Supreme Court refuses to protect military personnel from such coercion.

People who choose to believe in an invisible man in the sky may do so, but it’s unfair to allow them to try to impose such nonsense on subordinants.

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