{"id":4101,"date":"2011-11-16T08:47:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T14:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/paganportal\/?p=4101"},"modified":"2011-11-16T08:47:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T14:47:49","slug":"the-air-force-is-pagan-friendly-who-knew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/pantheon\/2011\/11\/the-air-force-is-pagan-friendly-who-knew\/","title":{"rendered":"The Air Force is Pagan-Friendly? Who Knew?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Cara Schulz of PNC-Minnesota has published the second part of her report on Pagans and the US Air Force<\/strong><\/a>, and some of the quotes are quite surprising:<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be scared about sharing your religion or think you need to stay in the broom closet about it,\u201d<\/em> Cadet Johnson says. \u201cPeople are very understanding. We have officers in charge of us who are very understanding, the Chaplains are very understanding so it\u2019s very easy to be a Pagan at the Air Force Academy<\/strong>.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Major Ihme wants Pagans considering applying to the Air Force Academy to feel reassured, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be nervous or afraid because every belief system is OK at the Academy. We will back you up.<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

In a message to the San Antonio Military Open Circle Yahoo group, Rev. Oringderff said he was impressed by the emphasis on ways to promote respect, not merely religious tolerance. He quoted Chaplain Brantingham remarks during the opening of the conference, \u201cI don\u2019t want to be tolerated; I want to be respected\u2014and everyone else is entitled to that same right.<\/strong>\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole fantastic post at PNC-Minnesota<\/strong><\/a>, and if you haven\u2019t read Part 1 yet, you can find it here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cara Schulz of PNC-Minnesota has published the second part of her report on Pagans and the US Air Force, and some of the quotes are quite surprising: \u201cYou don\u2019t have to be scared about sharing your religion or think you need to stay in the broom closet about it,\u201d Cadet Johnson says. \u201cPeople are very […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[101,306,2704,1285,2711,1359],"class_list":["post-4101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paganism","tag-air-force","tag-cara-schulz","tag-military","tag-pagan","tag-paganism","tag-pnc-minnesota"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Air Force is Pagan-Friendly? 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