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TommyT139

(2,328 posts)
7. The Air Force Academy has been notoriously Christofascist
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 08:56 PM
16 hrs ago

...for decades now.

https://ffrf.org/fttoday/june-july-2005/articles-june-july-2005/evangelicalism-is-the-official-religion-of-the-air-force-academy/

There's just too much to select from and post, but a lot led up to Trump naming Charlie Kirk to the board, and later Erika in his place. Cadets have been told they were going to hell -- by officers -- non-evangelical Christians and non-Christians were separated into different duty cohorts, cadets were pressured to proselytize others...it goes on. This coexisted with open antisemitism and long unaddressed of sexual assault especially against female cadets.

This is a major victory for the theocrats, years in the making. It's yet another step in the coopting of our military by the Trumpist and radical conservative "Christians."


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