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Airman denied reenlistment for refusing to say 'so help me God'
Group Airman denied reenlistment for refusing to say so help me God Air Force Times airforcetimes.com
"An atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada was denied reenlistment last month for refusing to take an oath containing “so help me God,” the American Humanist Association said Thursday.
And in a Sept. 2 letter to the inspectors general for the Air Force and Creech, Monica Miller, an attorney with the AHA’s Apignani Humanist Legal Center, said the airman should be allowed to reenlist without having to swear to a deity, and instead given a secular oath. Miller said the AHA is prepared to sue if the airman is not allowed to reenlist."
rest at link.
Not an isolated case either it seems. For some times religion has been pushed in the US military. Even in my time we were all pushed to attend the same religious service every Sunday at RTC Orlando in 1991 (Navy basic training.) And when enlisting, I wanted my ID tags to say atheist but they explained they didn't offer that option and had to accept 'No Religious Preference' norelpref instead. And that's what they say to this day.
Group Airman denied reenlistment for refusing to say so help me God Air Force Times airforcetimes.com
"An atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada was denied reenlistment last month for refusing to take an oath containing “so help me God,” the American Humanist Association said Thursday.
And in a Sept. 2 letter to the inspectors general for the Air Force and Creech, Monica Miller, an attorney with the AHA’s Apignani Humanist Legal Center, said the airman should be allowed to reenlist without having to swear to a deity, and instead given a secular oath. Miller said the AHA is prepared to sue if the airman is not allowed to reenlist."
rest at link.
Not an isolated case either it seems. For some times religion has been pushed in the US military. Even in my time we were all pushed to attend the same religious service every Sunday at RTC Orlando in 1991 (Navy basic training.) And when enlisting, I wanted my ID tags to say atheist but they explained they didn't offer that option and had to accept 'No Religious Preference' norelpref instead. And that's what they say to this day.