TIME MAGAZINE – On a Wing, But Not On a Prayer

Published On: October 28, 2013|Categories: Top News|1 Comment|

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While there may be no atheists in foxholes, the Air Force Academy has decided there will be no mandatory God in the heavens.

The academy — at 7,258 feet above sea level, the closest of all the nation’s military schools to God’s realm — has long had a reputation as the most Christian of the nation’s military learning institutions.

But the Colorado Springs, Colo., academy has decided to make the “so help me God” coda to its cadet oath optional after a complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (not surprisingly, the Christian Fighter Pilot group denounced what it calls a “dramatic change” on its website).

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  1. John Breland December 26, 2013 at 7:33 pm

    As an attorney in the U.S. Army, I can assure you that prayer is alive and well in the military–as it should be and always will be. Last time I was in Iraq, our commander gathered us all around and prayed aloud before every mission. No one objected. All official ceremonies begin and end with an invocation and benediction, and I’ve never attended a unit-sponsored, special event involving a meal (Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc.) that didn’t involve a prayer. In fact, I would relish an encounter with a military official who tried to infringe on religious expression. He would quickly find himself embroiled in every variety of administrative complaint found in this JAG officer’s kit bag.

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