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

By: joe-taylor in FFFT3 | Recommend this post (0)
Tue, 09 Sep 14 3:50 AM | 45 view(s)
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Sorry Keystone but you are wrong here. There can be no religious test or mandates of any kind. It goes way back to the founders separation of church and state.


To say that "God exists" is the greatest understatement ever made across space and time.


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Re: Swear to God - or Leave the U.S. Air Force
By: keystone
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Tue, 09 Sep 14 3:22 AM
Msg. 02100 of 65535

"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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