The New American website reports today (June 26, 2012) that sixty-six members of Congress have penned a letter to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta asking him to address what they say is an "alarming pattern of attacks on faith in the Air Force."
The congressmen blame Air Force Chief of Staff Norman Schwartz for cultivating the attack on religious expression, which they say includes removing Latin references to God in an Air Force unit logo, deleting Christian references from a missile training course, taking Bibles off an Air Force accommodations checklist, and prohibiting commanders from informing Air Force service members about Chaplain Corps programs.
"When our sons and daughters join the military, they are not signing away their First Amendment right to religious liberty," the congressmen said in their epistle to Panetta.
The congressional protest is being led by Rep. Randy Forbes of Virginia, who said in a statement : "The Air Force has repeatedly capitulated to demands from groups that seek to remove all traces of faith from the military and the public square.... Those who sacrifice so much for our nation must be assured that they need not leave their faith at home when they volunteer to serve."
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