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         September 29, 2010        

MRFF demands Pentagon end war to convert
Air Force Academy cadets to evangelical Christianity

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation ("MRFF") has sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates demanding that the Air Force Academy in Colorado end its war to convert Academy cadets to evangelical Christianity.

Cadets have been complaining, for years, about aggressive Christian proselytizing by their Commanding Officers at the Air Force Academy.  The MRFF is the leading civilian organization that has been challenging the practice.

Things have gotten so bad under the leadership of Lieutenant General Michael Gould and Brigadier General Richard Clark, according to MRFF, that over a hundred cadets have felt forced to fake adherence to evangelical Christianity, by doing such things as "leaving Bibles, Christian literature and Christian music CDs lying around their rooms;  attending Fundamentalist Christian Bible studies and feigning devoutness at the Academy's weekly Special Programs in Religious Education (SPIRE) programs."

News of this campaign by MRFF comes only a few days after Fort Bragg in North Carolina presented Rock the Fort, a concert by the Billy Graham Crusade whose primary purpose was to convert soldiers to evangelical Christianity.  Meanwhile, soldiers from Fort Eustis in Virginia are still trying to get justice after being punished for not attending an evangelical Christian proselytizing concert on May 13th of this year.

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Previous Rob Sherman News story about this subject matter:

Sunday, September 26:  Christians just don't get it in US Military's war to convert Americans to Christianity

Saturday, September 25:  US Military's newest war:  Convert America to Christianity

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