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Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) is upset, that using the phrase "so help me, God/god," is optional, when swearing an oath to be honorable and trustworthy.
"In 2013, the U.S. Air Force Academy made the phrase ‘so help me God’ optional in the oath each cadet takes, and why did they do this?
"Because of one radical atheist group’s demands."
"Let me be clear: Americans have the freedom of religion – but not freedom from religion. The moral foundation of our country is in serious danger if we allow radical groups to dictate whether or not we can freely express our religious beliefs. It’s time to take a stand.”
- Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) said the bill, called the Preserve and Protect God in Military Oaths Act of 2015 would protect the religious freedom of American troops.
2013
The Air Force Academy has declared the phrase “so help me God” at the end of the Air Force cadet honor code optional.
“Here at the Academy, we work to build a culture of dignity and respect, and that respect includes the ability of our cadets, Airmen and civilian Airmen to freely practice and exercise their religious preference – or not.” said Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson, Academy Superintendent, in an online statement. “So, in the spirit of respect, cadets may or may not choose to finish the Honor Oath with ‘So help me God.’”
Texans notice
November 5, 2013
Republicans Sam Johnson of Plano and Pete Olson of Sugar Land introduced a bill last week to require Congressional approval before any changes may be made to oaths to enlist in the Armed Forces.
Their legislation comes on the heels of a decision by the Air Force Academy on Oct. 25 to allow cadets taking their honor code to opt out of saying “so help me God” at the end of the oath.
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/201...-keep-so-help-me-god-in-air-force-honor-oath/
AFA
OCT 25, 2013
On Monday, the Independent broke the story that the honor oath posted at the Air Force Academy's preparatory school includes the phrase "so help me God," and has since 1984. This morning, the academy announced the phrase will be considered optional.
But Mikey Weinstein, head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, wants to know what the academy means by that. Will the honor oath contain those words in the handbook cadets are given? Will the sign containing those words be put up again after it was removed last week?
"What does that mean? Are they taking the four words out?" Weinstein says. "If the words are still there, if our clients are willing to come forward, we'll sue the academy in federal court aggressively and as soon as we can."
If the academy retains the "so help me God" wording, those cadets who choose not to say it, Weinstein says, "will stick out like a tarantula on a wedding cake."
Rights
"First Amendment to the Constitution specifies that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
Protesters against being forced to profess a religious belief, that they do not follow
"Look, I've just spent the last four days at the Academy and have had scores of MRFF clients plead with me to my face to even more aggressively expose the fundamentalist Christian oppression which continues unabated there. This 'Conference' is a Poster Child example of this tyranny. MRFF's numerous Academy clients are furious, desperate and terribly hurt about this latest action of unconstitutional religious theater of the absurd. This Academy sponsored 'Religious Respect Conference' is absolutely akin to the KKK hosting an 'African American Appreciation Conference'."
-Mikey Weinstein
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/...od-because-there-is-no-freedom-from-religion/
http://www.agnostic-library.com/ma/
http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2013/10/21/afa-honor-code-so-help-me-god
http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2012/10/29/afa-explores-religious-respect
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/...o-require-religious-pledge-of-military-cadets
Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) is upset, that using the phrase "so help me, God/god," is optional, when swearing an oath to be honorable and trustworthy.
"In 2013, the U.S. Air Force Academy made the phrase ‘so help me God’ optional in the oath each cadet takes, and why did they do this?
"Because of one radical atheist group’s demands."
"Let me be clear: Americans have the freedom of religion – but not freedom from religion. The moral foundation of our country is in serious danger if we allow radical groups to dictate whether or not we can freely express our religious beliefs. It’s time to take a stand.”
- Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) said the bill, called the Preserve and Protect God in Military Oaths Act of 2015 would protect the religious freedom of American troops.
2013
The Air Force Academy has declared the phrase “so help me God” at the end of the Air Force cadet honor code optional.
“Here at the Academy, we work to build a culture of dignity and respect, and that respect includes the ability of our cadets, Airmen and civilian Airmen to freely practice and exercise their religious preference – or not.” said Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson, Academy Superintendent, in an online statement. “So, in the spirit of respect, cadets may or may not choose to finish the Honor Oath with ‘So help me God.’”
Texans notice
November 5, 2013
Republicans Sam Johnson of Plano and Pete Olson of Sugar Land introduced a bill last week to require Congressional approval before any changes may be made to oaths to enlist in the Armed Forces.
Their legislation comes on the heels of a decision by the Air Force Academy on Oct. 25 to allow cadets taking their honor code to opt out of saying “so help me God” at the end of the oath.
http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/201...-keep-so-help-me-god-in-air-force-honor-oath/
AFA
OCT 25, 2013
On Monday, the Independent broke the story that the honor oath posted at the Air Force Academy's preparatory school includes the phrase "so help me God," and has since 1984. This morning, the academy announced the phrase will be considered optional.
But Mikey Weinstein, head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, wants to know what the academy means by that. Will the honor oath contain those words in the handbook cadets are given? Will the sign containing those words be put up again after it was removed last week?
"What does that mean? Are they taking the four words out?" Weinstein says. "If the words are still there, if our clients are willing to come forward, we'll sue the academy in federal court aggressively and as soon as we can."
If the academy retains the "so help me God" wording, those cadets who choose not to say it, Weinstein says, "will stick out like a tarantula on a wedding cake."
Rights
"First Amendment to the Constitution specifies that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
Protesters against being forced to profess a religious belief, that they do not follow
"Look, I've just spent the last four days at the Academy and have had scores of MRFF clients plead with me to my face to even more aggressively expose the fundamentalist Christian oppression which continues unabated there. This 'Conference' is a Poster Child example of this tyranny. MRFF's numerous Academy clients are furious, desperate and terribly hurt about this latest action of unconstitutional religious theater of the absurd. This Academy sponsored 'Religious Respect Conference' is absolutely akin to the KKK hosting an 'African American Appreciation Conference'."
-Mikey Weinstein
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/...od-because-there-is-no-freedom-from-religion/
http://www.agnostic-library.com/ma/
http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2013/10/21/afa-honor-code-so-help-me-god
http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2012/10/29/afa-explores-religious-respect
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/...o-require-religious-pledge-of-military-cadets
