Wednesday, June 22, 2005

The Air Force Academy seems to have some issues

Why am I not surprised by a recent report showing that the Academy "promotes Evangelical Christianity and a climate of intolerance toward other religious beliefs", especially in light of the fact that the school is still dealing with a scandal from 6 months ago, when numerous sexual assaults were swept under the rug instead of disciplining the rapists.

This is the type of hypocrisy the Evangelical Christian movement thrives on. They tell me I am going to hell because I support abortion and gay marriage, but raping a woman is apparently no big deal.

I realize I am stretching a point. There is no evidence that the staff exposing born again theology were the same staff that assisted in the cover-up of sexual assaults, but where were the Born Agains when these woman needed them? All Christians should, at minimum, be united in the belief that raping woman is wrong and anyone who helps a Rapist escape prosecution is a sinner. Sadly, this does not seem to be the case.

I am hard pressed even coming up with a moral for this post, the connection is circumstantial, the news that Born Agains are a tad hypocritical and that Evangelicals have been infecting our military not all that much of a shocker. I guess I can only say that there is nothing, nothing, more unChristian than rape and no greater sin than to allow someone to sexually assault another with impunity. It is not a happy reminder, but one we could use every now and again.

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