Religion and the Air Force

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Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein, a 1977 Air Force Academy graduate, seems like a man on a mission with evangelical zeal - to rid the Air Force chaplains of an evangelical Christian message, lest Mr. Weinstein's children, and one supposes everyone else's children, be exposed to ideas of which Mr. Weinstein disapproves ("Air Force school targeted," Nation, Oct. 7).

There was a time when people who didn't like the Christian Gospel would stone, crucify, behead or feed to lions Christians who were practicing what their faith calls the "great commission." Fortunately for American Christians, people like Mr. Weinstein, who don't like the Christian message, are much nicer. But they may still be hostile and may take grievous offense in being confronted by a Christian messenger, especially if in an inappropriate manner, as apparently was the case at the Air Force Academy. So today we have lawsuits filed and expression stifled.

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Religion and the Air Force

But if the courts have any respect for the First Amendment, even Air Force Chaplains may not have to st...

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