Religious zealots (if any) put in their place at the Air Force Academy

You may have heard about what happened at the Air Force Academy this week.

Cadets who call themselves Christian have been told to curb their faith and I am very supportive of this, and why do I agree with this?

Because there are those among the cadets who may indeed put pressure on their fellow cadets to join them at their religious meetings or whatever. Some of these cadets with religion can't and will not take no for an answer. They just don't give up on these 'pagan' cadets (and I use the term loosely) and that gets to be a problem.

Even Fisher DeBerry was told to take down a banner which was very open about the Christian Faith. Don't get me wrong I think DeBerry has been a great coach for the AFA's football team for many years but a banner that talks about being part of "Team Jesus" goes to far.

I am not saying that we should comply with everything that the ACLU, Freethinkers, and the like demand. In fact I don't support the Pentagon in their decision in which they are telling the military bases not to sponsor the scouts. The Boy Scouts do require a belief in God but that all nothing more and nothing less. Any young boy who wants to join the scouts could be Christian, Jewish, Mormon, Catholic, Muslim, or even a young Harry Potter in training. They just have to believe in "God" even if they have a belief that God is a female.

My take on religion is that it should not used to make people act or think a certain way. Now Pastors and other spiritual leaders can encourage their flocks to live better lives but they can't and should not force people to think a certain way. They can guide but they can't force someone’s hand. Those who serving in our government who have religion should also take this into account and should any among them be supportive of some law that creates Blue Laws (can't be open on Sunday) and bans Abortion should give a secular and logical reason for such laws causes if its totally based on their religious beliefs then these government officials are out of line.