Sixty-six members of Congress sent a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Friday urging him to issue guidance to counter an “alarming pattern of attacks on faith in the Air Force.”"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.” Matthew 5:11 ESV
In their letter, the lawmakers blame Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz for cultivating a crackdown on religion within the service.
The letter blasts the Air Force for removing Latin references to God in a unit patch, removing religious references in missile training, removing bibles from Air Force Inn checklists and barring commanders from telling airmen about Chaplain Corps programs.
“When our sons and daughters join the military, they are not signing away their First Amendment right to religious liberty,” the letter states. “Unfortunately it seems that some parts of the military are intent on prohibiting religious expressions rather than protecting it.”
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HT: Chris Johnson
2 comments:
There are no atheists in foxholes - but there aren't too many foxholes in the air now are there. Semper Fi.
Pax,
Dennis
It is pathetic and a disgrace to the United States Air Force that it has a person like Norton Schwartz, even worse at the rank of general, behaving in such an unAmerican way. Schwarz is one of Robert Gates' worst choices, which needs to be corrected at the earliest possible court-martial.
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