A courageous Chaplain at the Air Force Academy has destroyed her career by speaking out in the media, without permission, credibly exposing the atmosphere of religious coercion and intolerance at the Air Force Academy.

You will find other articles by the RM about this subject within this Category. The Air Force Academy has been in the news quite a bit lately over religious issues.

Air Force Chaplain Tells of Academy Proselytizing - New York Times

A chaplain at the Air Force Academy has described a “systemic and pervasive” problem of religious proselytizing at the academy and says a religious tolerance program she helped create to deal with the problem was watered down after it was shown to officers, including the major general who is the Air Force’s chief chaplain.

The academy chaplain, Capt. MeLinda Morton, 48, spoke publicly for the first time as an Air Force task force arrived at the academy in Colorado Springs on Tuesday to investigate accusations that officers, staff members and senior cadets inappropriately used their positions to push their evangelical Christian beliefs on Air Force cadets.

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Captain Morton said, “People at the academy were making cadets feel an obligation that they are serving the will of God if they are engaging in evangelical activities, and telling them that this is harmonious and co-extensive with military service.”

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Captain Morton said she had decided to step forward without authorization from the public affairs office because: “It’s the Constitution, not just a nice rule we can follow or not follow. We all raised our hands and said we’d follow it, and that includes the First Amendment, that includes not using your power to advance your religious agenda.”

She added, “I realize this is the end of my Air Force career.”