In a surprising turn, Michael “Mikey” Weinstein has apparently reversed himself — saying the US Air Force Academy cadet Honor Oath is acceptable.

On Wednesday night Weinstein was a 5-minute guest on Fox News’ Kelly File — in which he compared “so help me God” to robbing a bank. The ignoble articulation has whipped around the internet and now appears on a wide variety of websites — accompanied by comments excoriating Weinstein for his ridiculous accusations.

It seems Weinstein feels he’s losing the battle, and he may have actually surrendered.  As reported in the local Colorado Springs Gazette [emphasis added]: 

On the oath, Weinstein said his preference is for the reference to God to be removed.

He would settle, though, for “so help me God” to become optional.

The phrasing is disingenuous, because the oath is already optional, as previously noted and repeated by other religious liberty experts — which means Weinstein is “settled” with the oath as it is. If he would “settle” for the oath as it is, then his outlandish claim that it violated the US Constitution is moot.

See The Blaze, Christian Post, Associated Press, and Fox News with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.

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