FOX News reports that republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas is asking for a detailed report from the Air Force after a course taught by chaplains for over 20 years on “Just War Theory” was suspended because it included passages from the Bible. Cornyn sent a letter to Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley expressing his concern over the suspension of the class at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. “Suspending a course like this because of references to religious texts misrepresents the First Amendment,” wrote Cornyn. “Although our Founding Fathers rightly included language in the Constitution that precludes the Federal government from establishing an official religion, this language does not, as some have argued, protect them from exposure to religious references.” The course uses Scripture from both the Old and New Testaments to show missile launch officers that it can be moral to go to war.
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