Selected Article Excerpts:
- COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (BP) — Recent actions by the U.S. Air Force Academy could appear as if commanders are on a mission to rid the institution of Christian influence, but a nearby pastor says the actions are the result of intense pressure from one man.
- Not only does the academy now provide worship space for all, it requires all cadets to complete religious respect training.
Mike Routt, pastor of Circle Drive Baptist Church in Colorado Springs, Colo., told Baptist Press the hostility toward Christianity at the Air Force Academy is not the result of the leadership there but is in response to pressure from Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
- Weinstein’s interpretation of the U.S. Constitution “has no historical basis since he aims to restore something that has never yet existed,” Heimbach said, referring to the freedom from religion claim.
Really – he better re-read his history – particularly about Jefferson. The First Amendment in the Bill of Rights is very clear.