{"id":27043,"date":"2013-11-21T00:55:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T03:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=27043"},"modified":"2016-11-26T00:20:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T03:20:16","slug":"groups-demand-air-force-academy-fire-ex-gay-cure-advocate-mike-rosebush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/21\/groups-demand-air-force-academy-fire-ex-gay-cure-advocate-mike-rosebush\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups Demand Air Force Academy Fire “Ex-Gay Cure Advocate” Mike Rosebush"},"content":{"rendered":"

As reported at the Air Force Times<\/em><\/a>, groups have called on the US Air Force Academy to fire Dr. Mike Rosebush, a member of its Center for Character and Leadership Development, for his<\/p>\n

extensive history of work with organizations that seek to change gays\u2019 and lesbians\u2019 sexual orientations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Dr. Rosebush is a 1975 graduate of the Air Force Academy — one year senior to General Mark Welsh, current Air Force Chief of Staff.\u00a0 Dr. Rosebush was a fighter pilot and retired in 1995 as a Lieutenant Colonel.<\/p>\n

John Aravosis<\/a> of the homosexual advocacy AmericaBlog and Evan Hurst of Truth Wins Out<\/a> led the charge, with Truth Wins Out saying Rosebush was an “ex-gay charlatan.”<\/p>\n

The Air Force Academy initially provided only a short\u00a0response saying they are “committed to human dignity:”\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Academy spokesman Maj. Brus Vidal said Rosebush declined a request for an interview, but said that Rosebush wanted to express how honored he is to work at the academy and said Rosebush stressed that \u201cwe at USAFA are committed to respecting the human dignity of everyone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The USAFA statement went on in an apparent effort to diffuse any further objections, seeming to imply that even if Dr. Rosebush has<\/em> faults, concerns are unwarranted because he does not interact with cadets:<\/p>\n

The academy said Rosebush \u201cdoes not and will not evaluate or counsel cadets,\u201d and \u201chas had no interaction with cadets at any time since he was hired in 2009.\u201d Rosebush last interacted with cadets during his previous employment at the academy, which went from 1988 to 1992. During that period, Rosebush worked in the academy\u2019s directorate of education and taught a course on marriage and family and a behavioral science core leadership course…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Academy also noted Dr. Rosebush had won an “outstanding instructor award” and “was named the Cadet Wing “civilian of the year” by the commandant of cadets in 2011.”\u00a0 A subsequent statement to the Rachel Maddow show<\/a> provided a substantial background on Dr. Rosebush’s role at USAFA.<\/p>\n

AmericaBlogs attempted to head off any accusations of religious discrimination:<\/p>\n

lest anyone attempt to claim that this is an issue of Rosebush\u2019s religion, Rosebush does not hold a religious job at the academy…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While interesting, one can experience religious discrimination whether one holds a “religious job” or not.\u00a0 They continued:<\/p>\n

…and our complaint is with his professional qualifications.\u00a0 How does a man end up running counseling programs at the Air Force Academy when his main counseling experience is in anti-gay pseudo-science…?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That might have been a legitimate question had it been raised honestly.\u00a0 Cursory research reveals Dr. Rosebush may have substantial academic credentials in areas of interest to the Academy.\u00a0 For example, he published several works cited by USAFA:<\/p>\n