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Well it didn't last long. Less than a year after making the news for hostile, evangelical policies towards recruits, the Air Force is now re-opened to aggressive proselytizing. That's right, they just released new guidelines rescinding the somewhat lame limits they had put in place to keep superiors from cramming religion down the throats of those under them.

According to the White House the previous rules were "too strict". In specific they're referring to the statement that had been added that chaplains "should respect the rights of others to their own religious beliefs, including the right to hold no belief." That was too strict. So yeah it really IS ok to tell recruits that they're "going to hell" if they're not born again.

It's just fucking amazing to me - that something that's so blatantly wrong is both endorsed and encouraged by our government. It's astoundingly clear that the current administration is nothing more than Animal Farm taken to such an extreme where the abuse of position for personal gratification is not just tolerated but encouraged. That the Air Force is being used to viscously promote Christianity is no big surprise, nor is the orgasmic reactions from the "religious right" at the liberties they now have to push their agenda.

In essence the systematic demolition of the fundamental "separation of church and state" hasn't so much been softened, as completely obliterated. Welcome to Bush's America - Get in line or Go to Hell.