An Air Force commander Lt. Gen. John Rosa has ordered cadets to stop posting circulars or using e-mail to promote Gibson’s movie, “The Passion of the Christ.”
As a retired Army chaplain, I don't think the email portion of this is supportable. DoD has acknowledged that government email can have personal applications. Private email, of course, cannot be what this is talking about. It would be totally out of line for a commander to direct what one does or doesn't do with legal, private email.
To the extent that they allow others to publicize by poster, then they would have trouble refusing to allow religious speech. But a general does have control of the buildings in his command.
"It would be totally out of line for a commander to direct what one does or doesn't do with legal, private email. "
Don't all the academies now have computers for the cadets in their rooms? In which case, it would likely be very difficult for them to have any private e-mail without access to their gov't computer. So they should be allowed since they are prob. allowed to use e-mail for private msgs with other content.