KRDO – Incident at Air Force Academy Sparks Debate About Religious Freedom (with video)
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AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. –
Congressman Doug Lamborn accused the Air Force Academy of infringing on the religious freedom of a cadet Thursday.
On Monday, a cadet removed a Bible verse written outside his dorm room. The Air Force Academy said the cadet decided to take it down after a discussion about religion and leadership.
Lamborn said the cadet should not have felt pressure directly or indirectly to take down the biblical verses.
“These cadets are going to be in some cases putting their lives on the line protecting the country and the Constitution and that very same Constitution gives them freedom of religion and freedom of speech. This shouldn’t even be an issue,” said Lamborn by phone from Washington, D.C.
He is outraged by the academy’s handling of the situation. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation also thinks the situation was mishandled, but for different reasons.
The foundation’s leader, Mikey Weinstein, thinks the cadet should be court-martialed for posting the scripture.
Weinstein said there is a time and a place for people to practice their faith. However, he said the cadet was in a position of leadership so his actions violate a Air Force regulation adopted in August 2012.
“It makes it very clear that people in leadership positions in the Air Force cannot be involved in improperly — either apparently or actually — using their position of leadership to promote their personal religious faith,” said Weinstein.
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Why Rep. Doug Lamborn (R – CO5) pretends not to understand the constitutional principle of church/state separation – with Tea Party legislators, it’s a feature, not a bug.
According to Lamborn and the Koch-sponsored Tea Party Caucus, our government needz moar GOD (video courtesy VA Christian Alliance): http://vachristian.org/Current-Events/Virginia-Call-to-Prayer-Day-has-Been-Declared-April-6-2011.html
And where DOES Lamborn get his Christian Supremacist talking points? From Christian Nationalist “historian” David Barton: http://vachristian.org/Our-Honorees/
This guy: “Barton’s Bunk: Religious Right ‘Historian’ Hits the Big Time in Tea Party America”
http://www.pfaw.org/rww-in-focus/barton-s-bunk-religious-right-historian-hits-the-big-time-tea-party-america