Posted on 12/07/2015 11:18:39 AM PST by QT3.14
A decade after the Air Force Academy football team invited controversy and censure over an “I am a member of Team Jesus†banner in its locker room, the Falcons again appear to be striking a decidedly Christian pose, its members dropping to one knee and holding hands in a public pre-game prayer circle.
The academy issued a statement saying it is investigating the practice after cadets and faculty brought it to the attention of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a watchdog group.
“The United States Air Force Academy is attentive to all religious freedom concerns, and we are conducting an inquiry into the complaint,†a statement from the school said. “The Air Force is dedicated to maintaining an environment in which people can realize their highest potential, regardless of personal religious or other beliefs.â€
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More suffocating PC against our Christian roots.
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
We have Freedom OF Religion - not Freedom From Religion!
In some ways, we’d be better off with jihadists running the show - instead of these godless people who enable them.
My alma mater continues to disappoint...
1. From what I have heard of previous events at the Air Force Academy, there was discrimination against those who did not want to be forced to practice the same religion as others. This is not freedom of religion. And it is not the same as normal proselytizing.
2. You would agree with freedom from religion if someone was forcing their religion on you.
I’m certain the DOJ will investigate this singling out a religion...oh wait that only applies to muslims
OFF WITF THEIR HEADS?? (I know it is not YOUR thought)
Does anyone take a moment think about the fact that those praying are asking God’s protection against the all-to-long list of physical injuries they could well suffer during the game they are about to play?
Serious concusions, spinal injuries, blown out knees, joints shattered, limbs broken, potential DEATH make up a terrible list.
Each weekend we get the CASUALTY lists from both College and Pro football games.
The athletes have the NERVE to pray for protection???
ONLY under a PC government.
I'm with you, we go to the Lord for various reasons because His Word tells us to pray.
The godless will not prevail.
But if they were prostrating themselves towards Mecca...
Next president can just Xerox copy it and send it out.
If one Muslim wanted to pull out his prayer rug and bow to Mecca before the game, they would hold up the kickoff until he finished exercising his religious freedom.
And when people rise up in revolt the Left will say “What’d we do? What’d we do?”
If “Thoughts and Prayers are useless”, what’s the problem?
Freedom “from” religion is, by definition, oppressive. It enables those that are not religious to demand that they never, ever, see anything to do with religion. Which means silencing religion and forcing it behind closed doors. How does that reflect liberty?
Freedom “of” religion does not, by definition, involve “forcing” your religion onto somebody else. Each is free to participate as desired, the right to ignore what you don’t agree with or be involved with.
The only action they should take is to verify that nobody is being forced to participate in something....but that isn’t what is being reviewed - it was the public prayer.
It demonstrates that the "Separation of church and state" is complete crap, and that the nation was always intended to be biased towards the Christian religion.
Our founding principles were those of official neutrality towards differing denominations of Christianity, not secular, and not assumed equivalence of other religions.
Our very Constitution acknowledges Jesus Christ as "Our Lord" at the very end of it. Hard to argue it was intolerant of Christianity with that written into it.
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