http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/atheists-complain-to-secretary-of-navy-over-marine-squadron-name-crusaders/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/atheists-complain-to-secretary-of-navy-over-marine-squadron-name-crusaders/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:48:59 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131660 Religion Clause Blog: MSNBC reported Wednesday that the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has sent a letter (full text) to the Secretary of the Navy and Commandant of the Marine Corps objecting to a commanding officer's decision last month to reinstate the name "Crusaders" as the label for Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 . . . Christian Fighter Pilot provides some additional background on the controversy. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/20/atheists-complain-to-secretary-of-navy-over-marine-squadron-name-crusaders/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/air-force-drops-course-reading-that-encouraged-chapel-attendance/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/air-force-drops-course-reading-that-encouraged-chapel-attendance/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:22:32 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130553 Religion Clause Blog: Military.com reports that last week, after receiving a letter from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, the Air Force dropped a required reading from its online Squadron Officer School's course. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/05/air-force-drops-course-reading-that-encouraged-chapel-attendance/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/tx-court-prayers-are-free-speech-not-conspiracy-to-harm/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/tx-court-prayers-are-free-speech-not-conspiracy-to-harm/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:02:39 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=130457 Casey Law Office: A Dallas district judge Monday upheld prayers posted on a personal website as protected free speech, not a conspiracy to harm, as an anti-religious activist claimed without any supporting evidence . . . The Alliance Defense Fund assisted with funding for the defense of free speech principles in the case. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/04/tx-court-prayers-are-free-speech-not-conspiracy-to-harm/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/boykin-relieves-pressure-on-west-point/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/boykin-relieves-pressure-on-west-point/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:13:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124563 OneNewsNow.com: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) teamed up with the liberal veterans group VoteVets.org and with anti-Christian crusader Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation to petition West Point to disinvite Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin (USA-Ret.) from the February 8 event. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/31/boykin-relieves-pressure-on-west-point/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/25/fort-bragg-to-host-anti-religion-band-at-atheist-rock-beyond-belief/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/25/fort-bragg-to-host-anti-religion-band-at-atheist-rock-beyond-belief/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:57:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123970 God and Country : The band Aiden has announced it will be playing the atheist festival “Rock Beyond Belief” at Fort Bragg in March 2012, as the lead-in act to Richard Dawkins, the main attraction at the “concert.” ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/25/fort-bragg-to-host-anti-religion-band-at-atheist-rock-beyond-belief/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/air-force-office-changes-latin-motto-to-refer-to-miracles-instead-of-god/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/air-force-office-changes-latin-motto-to-refer-to-miracles-instead-of-god/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:42:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=123515 Religion Clause Blog: God and Country blog reported yesterday that the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (MAAF) has convinced the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) to change the logo on its official patch which, like many, apparently contain "in-jokes." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/01/19/air-force-office-changes-latin-motto-to-refer-to-miracles-instead-of-god/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/chaplains-commend-air-force-decision-to-keep-christmas-display/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/chaplains-commend-air-force-decision-to-keep-christmas-display/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:22:54 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121489 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/21/chaplains-commend-air-force-decision-to-keep-christmas-display/feed/ 1 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/nativity-display-to-remain-at-travis-air-force-base/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/nativity-display-to-remain-at-travis-air-force-base/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:05:07 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=121294 Mercury News: ravis Air Force Base will not meet the demands of a group trying to take down the nativity scene and menorah displayed at a main intersection on the base. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/20/nativity-display-to-remain-at-travis-air-force-base/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/congressman-intercedes-on-behalf-of-pendleton-cross/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/congressman-intercedes-on-behalf-of-pendleton-cross/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:31:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120985 Military.com: California Rep. Duncan Hunter has waded into the battle over the so-called Camp Pendleton cross -- put up by leathernecks in honor of four buddies killed in Iraq -- by asking the commander of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton to let the cross stay. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/congressman-intercedes-on-behalf-of-pendleton-cross/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/nativity-menorah-displays-cause-stir-at-travis-air-force-base/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/nativity-menorah-displays-cause-stir-at-travis-air-force-base/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:05:04 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120979 Mercury News (AP): The December culture wars are here again and this year's target sits squarely on Travis Air Force Base. At issue are a nativity scene and menorah sitting amongst a host of secular Santas and holiday signs at the corner of Travis Avenue and Skymaster Drive. The religious displays are the subject of a letter from a group called the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/15/nativity-menorah-displays-cause-stir-at-travis-air-force-base/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/frcs-tony-perkins-christians-who-voted-for-obama-should-repent-christian-post/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/frcs-tony-perkins-christians-who-voted-for-obama-should-repent-christian-post/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:31:51 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118979 Christian Post: Perkins’ comments came after the two, along with Alan Sears of the Alliance Defense Fund, discussed a recent incident in which the Air Force Academy apologized for promoting the ministry Operation Christmas Child on campus. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/frcs-tony-perkins-christians-who-voted-for-obama-should-repent-christian-post/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/07/air-force-academy-cowers-as-atheist-group-complains-about-christmas-toy-drive-for-kids/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/07/air-force-academy-cowers-as-atheist-group-complains-about-christmas-toy-drive-for-kids/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:59:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117923 Colorado Springs Gazette, CO: Academy critic Mikey Weinstein accused commanders of crossing the line by promoting “Operation Christmas Child” a program sponsored by an evangelical Christian group that sends toys and toiletries in shoe boxes to needy kids around the globe. The group includes a Christian message with the gifts. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/07/air-force-academy-cowers-as-atheist-group-complains-about-christmas-toy-drive-for-kids/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/air-force-reviewing-all-ethics-courses-for-christian-themes/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/air-force-reviewing-all-ethics-courses-for-christian-themes/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:44:24 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=111502 The New American: The Air Force appears to be on an intense crusade to sanitize religious content from its training courses. As reported by The New American, in late July the Air Force suspended a course entitled “Christian Just War Theory” after a group of missile launch officers complained to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation that the ethics course included the Bible and other Christian-themed material. Barely three weeks after the original incident, another Air Force instructor forwarded Power Point slides from a second class to the secularist watchdog group, complaining about that course’s Christian content. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/22/air-force-reviewing-all-ethics-courses-for-christian-themes/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/11/air-forces-use-of-christian-messages-extends-to-rotc/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/11/air-forces-use-of-christian-messages-extends-to-rotc/#comments Thu, 11 Aug 2011 15:08:27 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=110585 CNN.com Blogs: The Air Force’s use of Christian religious messages goes beyond those used in briefings for missile launch officers, as reported by CNN last week, and extends to training for ROTC cadets. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/11/air-forces-use-of-christian-messages-extends-to-rotc/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/air-force-drops-just-war-theory-as-part-of-ethics-training-after-military-religious-freedom-foundation-complaint/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/air-force-drops-just-war-theory-as-part-of-ethics-training-after-military-religious-freedom-foundation-complaint/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 13:22:44 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=109607 Religion Clause: Controversial reporter Jason Leopold in a posting Wednesday on Truthout says that U.S. Air Force training for missile officers includes a mandatory session led by chaplains discussing St. Augustine's Just War Theory . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/08/01/air-force-drops-just-war-theory-as-part-of-ethics-training-after-military-religious-freedom-foundation-complaint/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/14/retired-general-to-review-religion-at-af-academy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/14/retired-general-to-review-religion-at-af-academy/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:46:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97911 Seattle Times: Mikey Weinstein, founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and a vocal critic of the academy, criticized the scope of the review as it was outlined in the Air Force statement. The problem at the school is not with any restriction on the free exercise of religion, but with unwanted proselytizing by fundamentalist Christians, a violation of the constitutional concept of the separation of church and state, he said. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/14/retired-general-to-review-religion-at-af-academy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/04/secular-themed-concert-at-fort-bragg-canceled/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/04/secular-themed-concert-at-fort-bragg-canceled/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:42:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=97110 The Sun News: "A Fort Bragg soldier canceled a concert with a secular theme and no ties to religion, saying Thursday that base leadership failed to honor promises to support his show as it had a Christian rally last fall." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/03/04/secular-themed-concert-at-fort-bragg-canceled/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/09/judge-dismisses-air-force-academy-prayer-lawsuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/09/judge-dismisses-air-force-academy-prayer-lawsuit/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:03:41 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=95078 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/09/judge-dismisses-air-force-academy-prayer-lawsuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/air-force-academy-officers-defend-prayer-luncheon/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/air-force-academy-officers-defend-prayer-luncheon/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:45:55 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94822 Denver Post: "Four Air Force Academy officers defended an upcoming prayer luncheon in court filings Monday, after a lawsuit alleged the event is unconstitutional because it appears to be sponsored by commanders and some faculty members feel pressured to attend." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/07/air-force-academy-officers-defend-prayer-luncheon/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/academy-critic-calls-for-superintendents-firing/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/academy-critic-calls-for-superintendents-firing/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:23:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=93081 Yahoo (AP): "Military Religious Freedom Foundation founder Mikey Weinstein says the choice of Marine 1st Lt. Clebe McClary shows superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould is tilted toward evangelical Christianity and tolerates an environment where proselytizing is accepted." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/24/academy-critic-calls-for-superintendents-firing/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/21/groups-protest-air-force-academys-scheduled-prayer-luncheon-speaker/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/21/groups-protest-air-force-academys-scheduled-prayer-luncheon-speaker/#comments Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:17:32 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=92785 Military Religious Freedom Foundation: "Albuquerque-based Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has demanded that the United States Air Force Academy rescind their invitation to former Marine Lt. Clebe McClary to speak at the Academy’s upcoming National Prayer Luncheon. 'Egregiously sectarian statements like [those] from former Lt. McClary blatantly exclude not only non-Christians, but also the many Christians who do not subscribe to a particularly fundamentalist view of Christianity,' said Michael 'Mikey' Weinstein, President and Founder of MRFF." | Via Religion Clause. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/01/21/groups-protest-air-force-academys-scheduled-prayer-luncheon-speaker/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/no-substance-to-military-religious-freedom-foundation%e2%80%99s-proselytizing-complaint/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/no-substance-to-military-religious-freedom-foundation%e2%80%99s-proselytizing-complaint/#comments Tue, 05 Oct 2010 21:57:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75220 OneNewsNow: "Lt. Col. Bob Maginnis (USA-Ret.), a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and now a Pentagon advisor, has followed Weinstein's complaints over the years . . . 'The fact that you have a large group of evangelicals [on campus] who are open about their faith -- there's nothing wrong with that. That's not against the First Amendment, and it's certainly not against any military regulation,' he adds." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/05/no-substance-to-military-religious-freedom-foundation%e2%80%99s-proselytizing-complaint/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/group-charges-new-religious-freedom-problems-at-air-force-academy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/group-charges-new-religious-freedom-problems-at-air-force-academy/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:02:19 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74166 Religion Clause: "The Military Religious Freedom Foundation announced yesterday that it has sent a letter (full text), co-signed by the heads of nine other groups, to the Secretary of Defense making three demands for changes to deal with the allegedly worsening situation involving Christian proselytizing at the Air Force Academy." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/group-charges-new-religious-freedom-problems-at-air-force-academy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/us-soldiers-allegedly-pressured-to-attend-commanding-generals-religious-concerts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/us-soldiers-allegedly-pressured-to-attend-commanding-generals-religious-concerts/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:35:27 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=69776 Religion Clause: "Talk To Action reported Thursday on a series of Commanding General's Spiritual Fitness Concerts at Fort Eustice and Fort Lee, both Army bases in Virginia. Supposedly attendance is voluntary, but soldiers feel pressured to attend." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/08/23/us-soldiers-allegedly-pressured-to-attend-commanding-generals-religious-concerts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/founder-of-military-religious-freedom-foundation-christians-who-dont-recognize-proselytizing-limits-are-national-security-threat/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/founder-of-military-religious-freedom-foundation-christians-who-dont-recognize-proselytizing-limits-are-national-security-threat/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:15:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=63891 Colorado Springs Gazette: "Weinstein, 55 . . . founded the nonprofit Military Religious Freedom Foundation . . . The broad outlines of Weinstein’s approach: Condemn in the strongest language possible. Publicly embarrass. Sue if necessary. Each new step raises the pressure on his publicity-averse targets . . . Responsible Christians, he said, recognize 'time, manner and place' restrictions on proselytizing . . . Today, Weinstein saves the hellfire-and-brimstone rhetoric for new targets, excoriating as 'clueless' and 'shocking' the people he accuses of placing their religious beliefs ahead of the Constitution. 'Make no mistake: They are a national security threat,' he said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/06/23/founder-of-military-religious-freedom-foundation-christians-who-dont-recognize-proselytizing-limits-are-national-security-threat/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/mikey-weinsteins-crusade-meet-the-man-whos-trying-to-purge-evangelical-christianity-from-the-pentagon/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/mikey-weinsteins-crusade-meet-the-man-whos-trying-to-purge-evangelical-christianity-from-the-pentagon/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 15:31:35 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/mikey-weinsteins-crusade-meet-the-man-whos-trying-to-purge-evangelical-christianity-from-the-pentagon/ Foreign Policy: "Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein shares his hate mail with both friends and strangers the way elderly people show off photos of their grandkids. He has plenty of it to share. For the past four years, the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has been doing battle with a Christian subculture that, he believes, is trying to Christianize the U.S. armed forces with the help of a complicit Pentagon brass. He calls it the "fundamentalist Christian parachurch-military-corporate-proselytizing complex," a mouthful by which he means holy warriors in contempt of the constitutional barrier between church and state . . . " Hat tip: Religion Clause Blog ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/26/mikey-weinsteins-crusade-meet-the-man-whos-trying-to-purge-evangelical-christianity-from-the-pentagon/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/weinstein-reveals-vendetta-in-demanding-removal-of-%e2%80%9ccross%e2%80%9d/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/weinstein-reveals-vendetta-in-demanding-removal-of-%e2%80%9ccross%e2%80%9d/#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 16:13:03 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/weinstein-reveals-vendetta-in-demanding-removal-of-%e2%80%9ccross%e2%80%9d/ God and Country: "Michael Weinstein is truly the gift that keeps on giving. His latest attempt at infamy is to say that a red cross appearing on a military hospital’s emblem." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/05/03/weinstein-reveals-vendetta-in-demanding-removal-of-%e2%80%9ccross%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/group-army-symbol-is-religious-should-be-changed/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/group-army-symbol-is-religious-should-be-changed/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:17:38 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/group-army-symbol-is-religious-should-be-changed/ AP: "The Military Religious Freedom Foundation asked the Army this week to change the emblem of Evans Army Community Hospital at Fort Carson, outside Colorado Springs." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/29/group-army-symbol-is-religious-should-be-changed/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/franklin-graham-army-disinvites-him-to-pentagon-prayer-day/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/franklin-graham-army-disinvites-him-to-pentagon-prayer-day/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:13:37 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/franklin-graham-army-disinvites-him-to-pentagon-prayer-day/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/franklin-graham-army-disinvites-him-to-pentagon-prayer-day/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/erik-stanley-on-true-news-objections-to-franklin-grahams-pentagon-invitation/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/erik-stanley-on-true-news-objections-to-franklin-grahams-pentagon-invitation/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:47:40 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/erik-stanley-on-true-news-objections-to-franklin-grahams-pentagon-invitation/ Erik Stanley appeared on True News with Rick Wiles to discuss the attack on Franklin Graham's invitation to speak at a Pentagon event. They also discuss the National Day of Prayer Ruling. | The MP3 runs just under 25 minutes. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/04/22/erik-stanley-on-true-news-objections-to-franklin-grahams-pentagon-invitation/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/cross-placed-at-air-force-pagan-circle-prompts-probe/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/cross-placed-at-air-force-pagan-circle-prompts-probe/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:18:09 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=51033 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/05/cross-placed-at-air-force-pagan-circle-prompts-probe/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/catholic-league-congress-should-probe-air-force-academy/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/catholic-league-congress-should-probe-air-force-academy/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:13:25 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50830 Catholic League: "We need to know why hypersensitivity to non-Christians has evolved into insensitivity to Christians." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/catholic-league-congress-should-probe-air-force-academy/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/cross-found-at-air-force-academys-wicca-center-lt-general-likens-it-to-graffiti/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/cross-found-at-air-force-academys-wicca-center-lt-general-likens-it-to-graffiti/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:27:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=50796 LA Times: "In a statement, [Lt. General Michael] Gould said, 'We absolutely will not stand for this type of destructive behavior. I consider this no different than someone writing graffiti on the Cadet Chapel.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/02/03/cross-found-at-air-force-academys-wicca-center-lt-general-likens-it-to-graffiti/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/22/group-that-alerted-media-to-biblical-markings-on-rifle-sights-wants-congress-to-investigate-military-religious-extremism%e2%80%99/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/22/group-that-alerted-media-to-biblical-markings-on-rifle-sights-wants-congress-to-investigate-military-religious-extremism%e2%80%99/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:41:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/wordpress/?p=49400 CNSNews: Trijicon’s “outrageous practice” of stamping Christian references on rifle scopes used by the U.S. military 'was an unconstitutional disgrace of the highest magnitude to our military and an action that clearly gave additional incentive and emboldenment to recruiters for our nation’s enemies,' Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) head Mikey Weinstein said, after Trijicon Inc. announced it would now stop the practice." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/01/22/group-that-alerted-media-to-biblical-markings-on-rifle-sights-wants-congress-to-investigate-military-religious-extremism%e2%80%99/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/16/air-force-academy-says-religious-climate-improving/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/16/air-force-academy-says-religious-climate-improving/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:12:56 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=45428 Boston Globe (AP): "The academy superintendent, Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Gould, says the improvements are the result of a topdown campaign to foster respect and a commitment to accommodate all cadets, even nonbelievers and an 'Earth-centered' religious group that needed a place for a stone circle so it could worship outdoors." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/12/16/air-force-academy-says-religious-climate-improving/feed/ 0