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.”
Liberals in the Armed Services, Send them to the front!
wth, dont do it, put it back in. SO HELP ME GOD
the atheist get the hell out of Air FORCE and go to hell
~~~ They do not know how dangerous this is, that we are stepping out from under God’s protection !!!
Shame on them
Went online to website to try and post a message. Couldn’t. Good for them. Over 300,000 members. Scary.
The nations that call on God shall be called ‘blessed’… We are in trouble unless thing turn around.
this is actually a win for personal freedom
What..?
So what is the bottom line here? NO GOD at all in the AIR FORCE? or just when they are sworn in ?