Evangelizing at the U.S. Air Force Academy

why won't this go away...? three guesses and the first two don't count...

"Praise God that we have been allowed access by the Academy into the cadet areas to minister among the cadets. We have recently been given an unused classroom to meet with cadets at any time during the day," the husband-and-wife team of Darren and Gina Lindblom said in the Oct. 11 letter to their donors.

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The Lindbloms' letter was made public by Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein, a 1977 Air Force Academy alumnus who was a White House lawyer in the Reagan administration. He has filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Air Force of violating the First Amendment's establishment clause by fostering evangelical Christianity over all faiths.

Weinstein, who has been joined in the suit by four recent graduates of the academy, said that some other religious groups are allowed onto the academy's campus, but only during certain hours and under close supervision by Air Force chaplains.

"The only group that gets 24/7 unrestricted access to cadets is this fundamentalist, born-again Christian group," Weinstein charged.

answer...? four words... focus on the family, located just across interstate 25 from the academy... dobson's office undoubtedly faces the beautiful rampart range, the face of the rockies, that serves as a lovely backdrop to the air force academy, and i'm sure he simply can't stand to think of all that intelligent youth just sitting there, waiting to be proselytized...



Focus on the Family headquarters in
Colorado Springs. The Rampart Range
is behind the building in the upper
right. The Air Force Academy lies
at the foot of the Rampart Range.

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