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Friday, November 22, 2013

Our Christian Military

John Aravosis broke this story a couple of days ago at AmericaBlog:

The US Air Force Academy hired a man to run their character coaching program for young cadets who, for the past two decades, has devoted his entire professional career to the cause of “curing homosexuality,” and who claims that he himself has been “cured” of the “addiction.”

The news of “ex-gay” activist Dr. Mike Rosebush running the academy’s character and leadership coaching program comes on the heels of growing concerns as to whether the academy is serious about becoming a welcoming place for gay cadets in the post-”Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” era.

Rosebush is the chief of Character and Leadership Coaching at the US Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, putting him in charge of a team of “coaches.”

He's done a couple of follow-ups with more detail, particularly here and here. This is typical:
We learned this morning that the acting-Secretary of the Air Force has directed the Air Force Academy to investigate its own cover-up of the anti-gay culture at the academy. That should go well.

Rachel Maddow got hold of it, and did an in-depth segment on it. It's worth watching.


You'll remember that the Air Force Academy has historically been one of the worst parts of the US military for illegal proselytizing and a generally hostile atmosphere not only toward non-CHristians, but toward those who don't profess the "right kind" of Christianity. Apparently, some things never change.

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