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.”
Maybe we Christians should sue the Air Force for removing “So Help Me God”.
Why are we giving in to atheists? We are a Christian nation.
the airforcxe should hang their heads in shame for they have disgraced this country with changing the oath and it should be stoped from allowing atheist and muslims in the air force.
Squecky wheel gets the oil!
say it any way
PUSSIES
Countrys become a punchbof push over pansies. How do we expect our military to fight a bunch of religious fanatics when they are shown to buckel at the whims of any religion that wants to push itself around? sort of sending mixed messages! Not just that, but if these so called unbelievers don’t believe in God….what’s.the big deal? If He doesn’t exist? No harm no foul. But see…they do believe. Amd they hate God. That’s why they fight against it so hard. They ain’t foolin me one bit.
it beats my mind one person could change what has be in existence before his enlistment into the force
Another Big Mistake!
When we remove God continually from all we say do and think – He will remove Himself from us. That is not a good thing, folks. I am glad I am not long for this world – you young folk are in BIG trouble denying our Lord and God!!! If you don’t believe it – JUST WAIT.