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.”
Them more our society removes God from it the more of a evil society we will become. We have just begun to see the evil that will happen in our country.
This is “SO WRONG”…..I’m ashamed!
http://www.truthandaction.org/3-star-general-muslim-brotherhood-infiltrated-levels-us-govt/
This is wrong so wrong If he does not want to say it so be it but do not penalize others
Perhaps it should be so help me Obama!
That sucks
Yet another example for why we need a thumbs down dislike icon on Facebook !!!!!!
I would not serve with anyone who did not believe in GOD!
Air force?? pretty grandiose name for a bunch of weenies that bend over for one atheist law suit. change your name to the force with no air, or maybe blowhards. You should be stricken off the list of American fighting force. If one atheist can make you shiver in your boots (or panties) what will you do when a bunch of isis a$$holes attack you??
Sad day, the government decides for the individuals instead of letting the individual decide for himself.