New Air Force Chaplain Guidelines an Improvement
http://www.crosswalk.com/news/religiontoday/1378575.html
Crosswalk.com - Chesterfield,VA,USA
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New Air Force Chaplain Guidelines an Improvement
Jody Brown
Agape Press
Revised guidelines for the prayers of military chaplains in the U.S. Air
Force appear to take into account concerns expressed by Evangelicals about
an earlier version -- and that has upset Barry Lynn of Americans United for
Separation of Church and State.
The Air Force has released new guidelines that "respect the rights of
chaplains to adhere to the tenets" of their religion. Some chaplains had
complained that they were being prohibited from praying in Jesus' name.
Associated Press reports that the revised guidelines state that chaplains
will not be required to lead public prayer in a way that is "inconsistent
with their faiths."
The guidelines also omit a statement in the earlier version that chaplains
"should respect the rights of others to their own religious beliefs,
including the right to hold no beliefs." The revision also allows
"voluntary discussions of religion" among all members of the Air Force as
long as they're "personal, not official" and do not appear to be coercive.
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The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
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American Theocrats - Past and Present
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The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
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respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
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That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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