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.”
Greg that is stupid and false I’m an athiest and watched mortars fall in me. And never once did I go oh save me f**e God. Because I have no ability to think on my own.
Atheist are like grass in the field,,they will wither and die off in the end..They have no Life,eternal which only GOD can give through his son Jesus..GOD is spirit,,and we are flesh,,But his grace will change our Mortal bodies into spirit,when he returns.
We do not need idiots like that in our armed forces. Let the idiot leave like yesterday.
I truly wish Christians and other myth followers could understand how… Unintelligent Thier beliefs seem to be
GREAT! Now the oath is non-binding!!!
That needs to be put back in! If you can’t stand up for God and Country, you don’t belong in the Military.
Willie, you’re an idiot
Let those who do not want to give the FULL oath including So help me God, let them out f the service, This is AMERICA and he oath should remain the same.
should have fought that one af
Rip Parks is this true bruh? I don’t believe eerrrything on the net