Air Force Issues New Rules in Bias Fight

Albuquerque, NM - The Air Force submitted new guidelines on religion as part of its fight against a lawsuit by a Jewish Air Force Academy graduate who alleges the school's officers and cadets illegally impose Christianity on others.
The Justice Department has asked a U.S. District judge to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the Air Force has no official policy of proselytizing.
But the attorney for Mikey Weinstein of Albuquerque, who sued the Air Force, said that dismissing the lawsuit would be "ridiculous in light of what the new guidelines say.". "They completely, thoroughly violate the Constitution of the United States," he said.

The guidelines, filed with the court, drop a requirement for chaplains to respect others' rights to their own beliefs and no longer caution officers about promoting their personal religious views.

Weinstein, has asked the Air Force to treat religion - or a lack of religion - equally and to protect people from being "evangelized" against their will on duty.