Top Air Force Official Issues Religious Neutrality Policy , . . . . .

[ensho]

http://www.truth-out.org/aftermath-jesus-loves-nukes-scandal/1316010154


Top Air Force Official Issues Religious Neutrality Policy in Wake of Truthout's "Jesus Loves Nukes" Exposé


A top US Air Force official, in an attempt to ensure the Air Force adheres to the Constitution as well as its own regulations and policies, issued guidelines that calls on "leaders at all levels" to take immediate steps to maintain "government neutrality regarding religion."

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The First Amendment establishes a wall of separation between church and state and Clause 3, Article 6 of the Constitution specifically prohibits a "religious test."

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The decison angered Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) who fired off an angry letter to Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley criticizing the move and demanding Donley provide him with a report detailing "actions taken" by the Air Force that led to the suspension of the ethics training.

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Systemic Issues

That Schwartz, a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was forced to issue such an edict underscores how widespread the problems have been within the Air Force related to commanders endorsing religion, particularly fundamentalist Christianity.

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good. its about time the religiously insane in our military were stopped.

[seabeyond]

1. step in the right (well, left) direction. good for whomever did this. nt

[rurallib]

2. Well, I hope it gets enforced.

My bet is it will be ignored or violated

[cleanhippie]

3. How does one determine who is and who is not, as you put it, "religiously insane?"

[ensho]

5. well, for one - when they think Jesus loves nukes

nt

[cleanhippie]

6. Any other ways?

Nukes aside, I would like to know how to protect myself and my family from the other insane one's too, so any help in figuring out who is and who is not insane when it comes to religion would be helpful.



Or is is safe to assume that all of them are until they prove otherwise?

[ensho]

7. are you being passive/aggressive?

nt

[cleanhippie]

9. Not intentionally. I just want to know where you draw the line between faith and insanity.

But you are being ambiguous, for some reason.

[ensho]

10. I wouldn't want to be ambiguous for goodness sakes

believing in gods is a type of insanity

[cleanhippie]

11. Hard to disagree with that.

[Fumesucker]

8. When you talk to God it's called "prayer"..

When God talks to you it's called "schizophrenia".

That's about as good a definition as I've found.

[Brother Buzz]

4. Sad, sad state of affairs when this policy has to even be issued in the first place

Seriously.