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.”
TAKING GOD from our military isn’t good…when things get so bad then who are they going to ask for help….ALLAH?…DEVIL NOT GOD.. THAT IS WHY THIS NATION IS GOING TO HELL
There will be no atheist in hell. They will believe in God once they get there . Every head and knee shall bow and know that he is God!
Fine if that is the way they want it…Put anyone who doesn’t agree with rules of our military and want to change the rules…on the front line..I am so tired of changing because of one man can’t suck dick in military or one don’t believe in God..Rules of Military were made before almost all of us were born..Live with it..$#%&!@* boy will chicken out and drop out of Air force, then maybe we True American’s can put back in (So Help Me God)..Don’t have to say it, say (So help me my dog) or whatever your kind thinks will save your stinking asses..But leave the Rules alone..
what do we have, a bunch of cowards running things in this country who gives in to every whim of some idiot?
If ONE atheist airman forced the whole USAF to drop God, what will our enemies be able to force them to do or not do??
Good pont Leilani…so tired of athiests…crybabies.
I would say it anyway.
I hope that the new recruits have enough backbone to say “So help me God” anyway. We’re taking God out of everything to appease a small percentage of atheists. One day Every knee will bow and every tongue confess to God, not allah, but God!
Thats just messed up!!!put it back where it BELONGS!!
What people won’t do for money