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.”
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From: http://www.truthandaction.org/air-force-removes-help-god-enlistment-oath/comment-page-11/#comment-547964
Greetings! I’ve been reading your weblog for some time
now and finally got the bravery to go ahead and give you
a shout out from Kingwood Texas! Just wanted to
say keep up the great work!
flying pedophiles killing fellow americans these beings are pure scum
only a war can stop this
NOT RIGHT
That is wrong!
so not right
they should have removed the atheists as unfit for duty….
Looks like I would not want to join the air force then
Changed to “so help me satan”?