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.”
this is sad things get way out of hand and change for any whining moron glad he don’t work for me
Well than we should be able to sue them from the opposite spectrum as well.
So help me wah burgers and french cries…lol
Why don’t the rest of them stand up to this atheist? I’m tired of a few changing our laws and traditions because of their extremism.
Pusses!
“There are no atheists in foxholes”
didn’t know they were such chicken sh*ts!!!
Why do real American’s have to put up with such c**p from these types of so called people,our Great country was founded on & by Christian value’s,not atheist value’s,laws are being abused by money mongering lawyers that are hurting America instead of helping America,the wrong riff raff’s are being protected ,halfassedbackwards again !!!
wonder how much God will help them now since they are denying Him…
First of all freedom of religion is for everyone not just Christians.
That means an athiest doesn’t have to bow to Christian myths to serve the country.
And this country was not founded on Christian beliefs do a bit of research the whole in God we trust and under God in the pledge was added to combat communism because of some stupid senators
If you really want an idea of a country ran by Christians think of this
The highest number of child molesters per capita comes from white Christian males.
The fall of the Roman Empire was a direct result of Christian influence
The changes the Catholic Church pushed on society lead to the Black Plague
When Europe backed away from God a bit it started to have a mental awakening.
And further if you have any proof God exists their is a million dollar prize to be had.
http://www.skepdic.com/randi.html