The Air Force has affirmed the religious rights of a colonel who claimed he was wrongly disciplined for refusing to sign a certificate of appreciation for the same-sex spouse of one of his airmen last year.
The Air Force said that Col. Leland Bohannon "had the right to exercise his sincerely held religious beliefs and did not unlawfully discriminate when he declined to sign the certificate," according to a letter sent Monday by Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson to members of Congress who supported Bohannon.
"The Air Force has a duty to treat people fairly and without discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, or sexual orientation and (Bohannon) met that duty by having a more senior officer sign the certificate," Wilson said.
First Liberty Institute, the religious liberties group representing Bohannon, announced the decision on its website Monday, posting the letter from Wilson to Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo.
Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., posted a similar letter he received from Wilson on his Twitter account.
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Makes one pray for the day all these evil doers get their wish! Eternity in hell!
ReplyDeleteGrow up. Zealot.
DeleteGreat!
ReplyDeleteFinally, the good guys one one!
ReplyDeleteWill the Colonel get a command assignment?
Will he get his star?
Article didn't address those bedrock questions.
8:14 the American people are the good guys. How much did this dog and pony show cost us. Over nothing more than a meaningless scrap of paper. This colonel picked a real stupid time to take a stand.
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