After the group American Humanist Association threatened to sue the Air Force on behalf of an atheist Airman, the Air Force immediately removed the requirement to say ‘So Help Me God’ from their enlistment oath.
The Airman was denied re-enlistment after crossing the phrase off the oath on Aug. 25th, prompting the suit.
“We take any instance in which Airmen report concerns regarding religious freedom seriously,” said Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, Air Force Times reported Wednesday. The change in policy goes into effect immediately.
“We are pleased that the U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed our client has a First Amendment right to omit the reference to a supreme being in his reenlistment oath,” Monica Miller, an attorney with the AHA’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center, said in a statement Wednesday, Air Force Times reported. “We hope the Air Force will respect the constitutional rights of Atheists in the future.”
The Army, Navy and Marine Corps all give enlistees the option to say “so help me God.”
The AF just rejected their co pilot. Good luck guys/gals your gonna need it.
We are destroying ourselfs with these stupid PC c**p.
Weak
What’s funny is Christians are throwing a fit about someone having religious freedom guaranteed in the constitution while bitching about others not giving them more freedoms.
sad….and gutless.
Ashamed of what the Air Force did;;;;;;
They can keep those words in anyway, if you don’t want to say them, then just mumble them. Besides, half of them just think it’s a bunch of words anyway and don’t strictly abide by them. That’s why we have NJP.
Just sad
That is bull
Shameful!