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Re: Swear to God - or Leave the U.S. Air Force

By: keystone in FFFT3 | Recommend this post (0)
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"So help me God"

The Enlistment oath and officer's Oath of Office both contain this phrase. Normally, it is not required to be said if the speaker has a personal or moral objection, as is true of all oaths administered by the United States government. However, a change in October 2013 to Air Force Instruction 36-2606 made it mandatory to include the phrase during Air Force enlistments/reenlistments. This change has made the instruction "consistent with the language mandated in 10 USC 502".

Tough call OCU. It doesn't seem to be a "religious test" so it would appear that Article VI does not decide the question.

I suggest the Supreme Court would have to determine if AFI 36-2606 is Constitutional.


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Re: Swear to God - or Leave the U.S. Air Force
By: oldCADuser
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Tue, 09 Sep 14 3:01 AM
Msg. 02098 of 65535

Since members of the military are technically federal employees this should be ruled as unconstitutional since it violates the 'No Religious Test Clause' found in Article VI, paragraph 3 of the Constitution of the United States of America:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Religious_Test_Clause

Note that the Air Force has always been the one service where non-Christians have always been given the hardest time. The Air Force Academy is infamous for espousing Christian doctrines and points of view over all others not only in the social but also the academic environments.


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