Religious Intolerance in the Air Force

<p>Recent events at the US Air Force Academy indicate that the value of religious tolerance may be undergoing a challenge in the military services. Religious intolerance or religious insensitivity can be defined many different ways. A good working definition of religious intolerance is not respecting the fundamental human right of other people to hold religious beliefs that are different from your own. The First Amendment's Establishment Clause prohibits government from favoring one religion another and from promoting religion generally. That constitutional requirement applies to the military just as it applies to all other branches of government. So without surprise when the US Air Force Academy was thrown into controversy over charges of religious intolerance it didn't take long for critics to jump all over the topic. In an attempt to address the issue senior leadership has now released two sets of interim guidelines concerning the free exercise of religion in the US Air Force. They only proved to be a futile attempt to squelch this rapidly growing problem.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>