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.”
just wrong
What a crock!!!!!
This makes me sick and sad.
Wonder who is doing all this? What are they doing? What is this hand sign?
What the hell is this world coming to.
Let me get this right. we have the best Air Force in the world and you let some ass hole dictate policy to us for which we stand oh my god, We are screwed now
Oh for Pete sake, the phrase was not removed. The requirement to say it was put back to optional as it has always been. They did so because they knew full well that it was illegal to make it mandatory. Even the presidential oath does not actually contain the phrase in the constitution.
Then you at not in listed !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJHAX7CK3zk
Throw him OUT, we have plenty of Patriots to replace these A-H’s !!