Complaints Of Religious Harassment At Air Force Academy
Published: April 20, 2005, Wednesday
The New York Times
Less than two years after it was plunged into a rape scandal, the Air Force Academy is scrambling to address complaints that evangelical Christians wield so much influence at the academy that religious harassment has become pervasive. There have been 55 complaints of religious discrimination in the last four years, including cases in which one Jewish cadet said he was told that the Holocaust was revenge for the death of Jesus and another said he was called a Christ killer. The 4,300-student academy recently started requiring staff members and cadets to take a 50-minute class in religious tolerance. More than 90 percent of the cadets identify themselves as Christian.
The New York Times
Less than two years after it was plunged into a rape scandal, the Air Force Academy is scrambling to address complaints that evangelical Christians wield so much influence at the academy that religious harassment has become pervasive. There have been 55 complaints of religious discrimination in the last four years, including cases in which one Jewish cadet said he was told that the Holocaust was revenge for the death of Jesus and another said he was called a Christ killer. The 4,300-student academy recently started requiring staff members and cadets to take a 50-minute class in religious tolerance. More than 90 percent of the cadets identify themselves as Christian.
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