Air Force Sued Over Religion

[julialnyc]

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/06/national/main919947.shtml
(CBS/AP)

(AP) A New Mexico man sued the Air Force on Thursday, claiming Air Force Academy senior officers and cadets illegally imposed Christianity on others at the school.

The suit was filed in federal court by Mikey Weinstein, an academy graduate and outspoken critic of the school's handling of religion.

Over the past decade or more, the suit claims, academy leaders have fostered an environment of religious intolerance at the Colorado school, in violation of the First Amendment.

Weinstein claims that evangelical Christians at the school have coerced attendance at religious services and prayers at official events, among other things.

"It's a shocking disgrace that I had to file this thing," Weinstein told The Associated Press.
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[xchrom]

1. a shocking disgrace indeed.

but then again i think it's a metaphor for what's happening in the whole country right now.

[boardwalk]

2. 30% of each years students drop out, get kicked out, or asked to leave

because of poor grades, alcohol, etc.

Each year about 35,000 of America's best and brightest apply for about 1,400 slots at the Air Force Academy. Only about 1,000 of the 1,400 will end up graduating.

I just kind of wonder if his son was doing very well there or if he came home one day and said "Dad, the reaon I am flunking out is because..., ah, ahem, oh ya I am being harassed, yup that is it. Harassed. I cannot study 24/7 like they expect because I am being harassed by those darn Christians there"!

[bryant69]

3. Cop out

I'm a christian myself, and sensitive to the slings and arrows flung at it, but the reports are too many and too varied for this not to be happening at all.

Bryant
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