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.”
Our government has made it too easy for people to sue. Stupid to say the least.
Kiss my goat smelling ass…
NO ONE has any hope if God does not help them!!!
Shame on them
I believe that our service men and women are protected by God, by removing this from the enlistment oath , or removing God from our pledge of allegiance or removing prayers from schools, we are telling God that we do not need his protection. I for one do need his protection and I pray for those who have made these dreadful decisions!!! In God We Trust!!!!
VERY WRONG
This is BULL$#%&!@* nothing more!
wrong
Do our courts have nothing to say about this outrageousness……wtf
AIRFORCE WHY DID YOU BOW DOWN?I thought you were on our side SHAME ON YOU ! ! !