[2RA.ORG] Religious Bias at the Air Force Academy

[sugapablo]

Religious Bias at the Air Force Academy

http://blog.au.org/2005/04/is_the_air_forc.html

From the AU blog:

Recent media accounts have highlighted instances of religious bias and promotion
of conservative Christianity at the Academy. Academy officials, who in 2003 were
accused of moving too slowly after some female cadets said they were sexually
assaulted, insist they are working to correct this new problem.

Earlier this year, Weinstein told ABC News he was
insulted by another cadet on a softball field.

"He knew I was Jewish and referred to myself and my religion using the f-word,
calling me, like, an f-ing Jew, blaming me for killing Jesus," Weinstein said.

ABC reported that during a class on the Holocaust, one cadet told a Jewish
student that the mass murder occurred because the Jews killed Christ.

Non-believers have also had problems. One former cadet, an atheist who has since
graduated, said he posted a poem about atheists in the military on his door but
it was constantly torn off. He asserted that cadets were pressured to attend
Christian services and that the academy promoted the film "The Passion of the
Christ."

When he complained, the former cadet said, an officer told him he was Christian
and considered it his duty to "bring him back" to Christianity.

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[formerrepuke]

1. For this to be going on in a tax-supported school is appalling....n/t

[sugapablo]

3. Let's not forget that...

Other complaints include:

* The placement of an annual ad in the official academy newspaper that declares Jesus as the only savior. About 200 academy staff members, including some department heads, have signed the ad in years past. It did not run last year.
* A statement in June of 2003 by academy commandant, Brig. Gen. Johnny Weida, a born-again Christian, who told cadets that their first responsibility is to their God. He also strongly endorsed the National Day of Prayer.
* Officer commission ceremonies being held at off-campus churches.
* Complaints that mandatory academy events are often held on Jewish holidays.
* Actions by football coach Fisher DeBerry who posted a large Christian banner in a locker room that read, "I am a Christian first and last.... I am a member of Team Jesus Christ." DeBerry was told to remove the banner.

[formerrepuke]

6. I had no idea- one would expect this at the Citadel, but not the USAFA

[BOSSHOG]

2. And since more than 90% of students enrolled at

the Air Force Academy claim to be Christian, I think it is fair to say there is an outstanding chance that "Christians" were involved in the recent sex scandals at the Academy. They are just wonderful lil human beings.

[ltfranklin]

4. Yeah, 90% christian, and you read this...

But Tom Minnery, an official at the nearby headquarters of Focus on the Family, complains that there's "an anti-Christian bigotry developing" at the school.

My brain is about to explode!

[sugapablo]

5. LOL

People are just unbelievable.

I'll say this for the right. They have HUGE B*LLS!