I don't see a lot of journalism that is critical of the Armed Forces. This piece is definitely interesting and worrisome. The language gets pretty bias toward the end, where conspiracy allegations are made without solid evidence.

The first two thirds of this article provide a straight forward report on instances of evangelical Christians in the military overstepping boundaries that need to be respected in nonsectarian organizations. The first two thirds represent excellent journalism. The last third leaps over the top with assertions of religious conspiracy. While in my biased way, I suspect that it may be true, neither the lack of concrete evidence nor the inflammatory language strike me as good journalism.

The author reports a story that citizens need to hear. Most of his quotes are directly from the christain propagandist who apparently have taken over the Air force Academy. MSM news coverage of this story is needed.

This is not the first story I've read about this travesty. But it is the most personal. Like many current officers, Antoon faces the very real possibility that our military personnel are being given orders by superior officers that violate their military oaths. That they are being asked to commit illegal acts, and condone behavior that violates the U.S. Constitution they have sworn to defend. With all the indignities we have visited on our military of late, surely this has to be one of the most morally wrenching. And James Dobson is no more a respected child psychologist than I am. He is a power-hungry Christian crusader who wishes nothing more than to force the rest of the world into his own narrow view of morality. He may or ... More »

I've only read one other report on this and it upset me greatly. This report is first-hand well documented with actual direct quotes from key subjects. The issues in this report are so egregious they deserve an energetic congressional investigation and hearings. To the extent that this story is accurate, it represents the gravest threat to our democracy, truly as serious as malignant cancer. I will: a.) give this report wide circulation, and b.) send requests to my congressional delegation to initiate action immediately.

An important and interesting, albeit somewhat complex, investigation of how fundamentalist Christianity is being promoted within a military college. Warrants further reporting on how this belief system (i.e. the Rapture and End Times) may impact the military and the actions of its soldiers.

An excellent from the inside story. I have followed Mickey Weinstein's battle with the US Armed Services conversion to evangelical crusaders. I wish this stuff would get out to the MSM.

Antoon marks the change from training in leadership to serve the country and the constitution to bullying cadets into warriors who will burn in hell if they don't accept Jesus as their personal savior. He is right to point out that this is an unconstitutional stance for a secular institution. His disillusioned son decided against accepting a scholarship there. Have we, this society, lost a potential leader or will the son find an institution who will value him and teach him leadership skills?

The story of the bastardization of the US military by rife religious bigottry and covertly rewarded violation of the law is laid bare. This bizzare state of affairs needs to be changed immediately. The dangerous religious foolishness of Bush recounted while reading this story reminded me of the current movie "Elizabeth, the Golden Years," which recounts King Phillips religiously motivated war against Britain, leading to the disaster met by the mighty armada that in short order led to the demise of Spain as a major power, and let to the bankruptcy of Spain within a decade. Are we repeating history?

This is an excellent first person account. Focus on the Family is not a tourist destination but an Christian supremacist organization. This is a very important article.

The author of this opinion piece gives away his prejudices openly at the end when he talks about "James Dobson’s and Ted Haggard’s powerful mega-churches." James Dobson has no church. He is not a minister. He is America's most respected living child psychologist. Focus on the Family's campus is a very popular tourist destination, second only to the Academy in southern Colorado. Those statements confirm what one senses is behind the whole story, the author's extreme anti-religious biases. No journalistic merit.