Soldier Sues Army, Saying His Atheism Led to Threats

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4-26-2008 9:35 PM

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In 2005, the Air Force issued new regulations in response to complaints from cadets at the <A title="More articles about U.S. Air Force Academy" href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/u/united_states_air_force_academy/index.html?inline=nyt-org">Air Force Academy</A> that evangelical Christian officers used their positions to proselytize. In general, the armed forces have regulations, Ms. Lainez said, that respect “the rights of others to their own religious beliefs, including the right to hold no beliefs.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/us/26atheist.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5124&en=c4cf98ce0e7fa739&ex=1366948800&partner=digg&exprod=digg"><P> “They don’t trust you because they think you are unreliable and might break, since you don’t have God to rely on,” Specialist Hall said of those who proselytize in the military. “The message is, ‘It’s a Christian nation, and you need to recognize that.’ ”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/us/26atheist.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5124&en=c4cf98ce0e7fa739&ex=1366948800&partner=digg&exprod=digg"><P>Major Welborn declined to comment beyond saying, “I’d love to tell my side of the story because it’s such a false story.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/us/26atheist.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5124&en=c4cf98ce0e7fa739&ex=1366948800&partner=digg&exprod=digg"><P>But Timothy Feary, the other soldier at the meeting, said in an e-mail message: “Jeremy is telling the truth. 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