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riderinthestorm

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24. It's just a little prayer!!!11!1

Reply to Ichingcarpenter (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 09:46 AM

Sep 2014

Remember that brouhaha over the inauguration prayer?

We were told to get over ourselves.

Wonder how long it will take DU to slam those who share that Air Force person's view...

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Airman denied reenlistment for refusing to say 'so help me God' [View all] Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 OP

Kicking. Thank you. nt littlemissmartypants Sep 2014 #1

Wait a second. I have to reread ... LiberalAndProud Sep 2014 #2

The people who think that cobbled-together bible trumps any and all laws and djean111 Sep 2014 #4

The God Squad strikes again DFW Sep 2014 #3

The Silver Surfer is my favorite God Squad member. Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #5

The Silver Surfer was always one of my favorite hifiguy Sep 2014 #31

'So help me Silver Surfer' Ichingcarpenter Sep 2014 #35

Ah, but which Silver Surfer? awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #36

dark ages bullshit is right. barbtries Sep 2014 #6

If an airman said The Wizard Sep 2014 #7

The Air Force has been largely taken over by a Christian cult caraher Sep 2014 #8

It's like a creeping cancer, out of sight and mind for many, but it's there and growing, and so RKP5637 Sep 2014 #13

This is stupid sarge43 Sep 2014 #9

Huh. Did they also take out the option to affirm? Recursion Sep 2014 #10

I was USAF in the late 90s/early 00s. Dr Hobbitstein Sep 2014 #11

Yet another reason I can't stand religion! ALWAYS forcing it on people! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2014 #12

I was USAF in the early and late 80s... NeoGreen Sep 2014 #14

USAF 62-83 sarge43 Sep 2014 #21

How sad that you find the need to call him an "asshole" because he stood rhett o rick Sep 2014 #39

You don't do close reading well, do you. sarge43 Sep 2014 #40

The words were included because they have a meaning to some. I resent that such rhett o rick Sep 2014 #42

As necessary as accusing me of trashing the airman sarge43 Sep 2014 #43

So the cultists finally took over the entire Air Force. eom MohRokTah Sep 2014 #15

These guys spend their time closer to The Big Guy in Hebbbin than you do. Hoppy Sep 2014 #16

The Air Force has long been a teahadists branch of the.... blackspade Sep 2014 #17

Wha.. What? MrScorpio Sep 2014 #18

The Talibornagain happened to the AF hootinholler Sep 2014 #26

Well, it lost one hunk of a SSgt. NuclearDem Sep 2014 #33

My husband is a 1968 Air Force Academy grad... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #19

Mr Nay served in Vietnam in the Air Force and this shit enrages him, too. nt Nay Sep 2014 #32

But that can't be. I'm told there is no religious privilege in this nation. enki23 Sep 2014 #20

Yes. I'd heard that too. Right here. whatthehey Sep 2014 #22

The teabaggers seem to be pining for 18th Century England Anarcho-Socialist Sep 2014 #23

It's just a little prayer!!!11!1 riderinthestorm Sep 2014 #24

Nothing like edhopper Sep 2014 #25

You know who else didn't swear an oath? A former Commander in Chief. KamaAina Sep 2014 #27

They need to be taken to court NOW KamaAina Sep 2014 #28

I almost didn't rec this... Jokerman Sep 2014 #29

i see a lawsuit in the future. hifiguy Sep 2014 #30

It would be interested to know how the Air Force would have avebury Sep 2014 #34

They took it out??? Hissyspit Sep 2014 #37

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #38

Now that calls for an investigation. It had to be deliberately taken out. JHB Sep 2014 #41

So, could one of the Christians here, answer a simple question for me? 99Forever Sep 2014 #44