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.”
air force have always been a bunch of pussies
Throw them out
what next
Time to tell them where they can go!! BACK HOME WITH THEIR OWN BELIEFS AND LEAVE OURS ALONE!!!! Don’t like something – stay away from it.; and don’t ask people to bow to your ideas, any more than we bow to yours
Morons
No way
This is why the other branches of the military give the Air Force a hard time. They deserve it. Candy asses.
Good cuz he ain’t saving anyone from dying
This is sad and pitiful. I am sure some moron told them to do this but if they cannot stand up for what is right now what the hell are they going to do when the need arises ? This is America and we don’t change our oath, the pledge of allegiance or the constitution for no man.
GOD can hear your thoughts, so there Atheist you can’t stop it