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.”
They better change that back !!!!
More commie democrat bull$#%&!@* !!!!
Awful, my heart breaks a little bit more after each degrading thing to America I hear.
So help me God this not right the hell with all atheist and muslim bastards.
what is it now…so help me king allah obama
Tell him to hit the door, go somewhere else. He is not needed here.
And this is why all the world laughs at us.
He knew the requirements for reenlistment before he tried. He took the oath when he joined. Did he lie than? To hell with him the Adosent need him or anyone like him.
He has the right to say “so help me God” just as the atheist has the right not to. Please, America, stand up for our Christian rights. Please don’t let a small percentage of people dictate what is our inherent right. This country was founded on God for God and we have more right to put Him in every area of our lives and they have NO right to take that away from us.
He does not belong in our services if he does not believe in America. He needs to go and put those words back back into everything. Under God is the basis for America.