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(82,333 posts) Sat Nov 3, 2012, 10:35 AM Nov 2012

Air Force Academy's religious respect program could soon go service-wide

BY ERIN PRATER (Colorado Springs, Colo.) | Published: November 3, 2012

An Air Force Academy program to teach cadets to respect the religious beliefs of comrades will soon go to all Air Force bases and schools if academy chaplains have their way.

While a target date has not been set for the program's expansion, chaplains hope to transition the Religious Respect Training Program throughout the Air Force as soon as possible, chaplain Maj. Shawn Menchion said Wednesday at the conclusion of the academy's Religious Respect Conference.

“It may reach basic training for enlisted airmen before it reaches the officers,” Menchion said.

The program was launched in 2010 at the recommendation of senior academy leaders after several years of religious-related controversies, Menchion said. Initially, it was a one-hour training session on the First Amendment's clauses that relate to religious freedom, and was taught by academy chaplains to the class of 2014 at basic training.

http://newsok.com/air-force-academys-religious-respect-program-could-soon-go-service-wide/article/3724875

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Air Force Academy's religious respect program could soon go service-wide (Original Post) rug Nov 2012 OP

Well, it's a good start. I hope they proceed with plans to expand it. cbayer Nov 2012 #1

I wonder why the religious controversy is more acute at the Air Force Academy than, say, Annapolis. rug Nov 2012 #2

Good question. May have to do more with the leadership there, than the community. cbayer Nov 2012 #3

Probably because okasha Nov 2012 #4

Good bet. I can't see this happening in Maryland. rug Nov 2012 #5

Maybe from the days they were under the protection of Triton? dimbear Nov 2012 #6

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

1. Well, it's a good start. I hope they proceed with plans to expand it.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 12:22 PM

Nov 2012

rug

(82,333 posts)

2. I wonder why the religious controversy is more acute at the Air Force Academy than, say, Annapolis.

Reply to cbayer (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:33 PM

Nov 2012

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

3. Good question. May have to do more with the leadership there, than the community.

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:54 PM

Nov 2012

okasha

(11,573 posts)

4. Probably because

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 04:57 PM

Nov 2012

the Naval Academy isn't in close proximity to a number of politically active fundamentalist "ministries."

rug

(82,333 posts)

5. Good bet. I can't see this happening in Maryland.

Reply to okasha (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 05:08 PM

Nov 2012

Plus, it's a fairly recent military academy. They could have been there since it began, unlike the other two which were around long before this new version of evangelical fundamentalists.

dimbear

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6. Maybe from the days they were under the protection of Triton?

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 3, 2012, 06:40 PM

Nov 2012

Naval traditions far antedate Christianity, flight is a modern affectation.

But: Blue Angels, Thunderbirds.

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