U.S. military academy cadets throw their caps into the air after their graduation ceremony at West Point, New York, May 26, 2012. (Reuters)
Too Much Religion At Military Academies? West Point Cadet Revives Charge. -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
Citing overt religiosity on campus, a West Point Academy cadet publicly quit this week just months before graduation. This is not the first time the military has come under fire for practices that nonreligious students see as aggressively evangelical.
When Blake Page announced this week that he was quitting West Point a few months before graduation, citing the overt religiosity on campus, he raised recurring questions about the pervasiveness and impact of evangelical Christianity within the ranks of the US military.
“I do not wish to be in any way associated with an institution which willfully disregards the Constitution of the United States of America by enforcing policies which run counter to the same,” Mr. Page wrote in his letter of resignation to the US Military Academy at West Point, in New York.
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My Comment: It appears that other issues are at play with Blake Page's decision to drop out from West Point. But as to the question of religion at military academies .... people are free to worship (or not) any God while attending. If I have a debate on this issue .... it is over whether preferential treatment is given to those who espouse a certain religion .... but for the moment there is no evidence that such behavior is happening.