{"id":39095,"date":"2016-11-29T00:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T03:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=39095"},"modified":"2016-11-29T02:02:42","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T05:02:42","slug":"us-air-force-academy-to-host-live-nativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/29\/us-air-force-academy-to-host-live-nativity\/","title":{"rendered":"US Air Force Academy to Host Live Nativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four years after Jason Torpy&#8217;s third-party atheist complaint brought an end to a children&#8217;s live nativity in Bahrain, the US Air Force Academy continues the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usafa.af.mil\/News\/ArticleDisplay\/tabid\/1487\/Article\/995139\/community-center-chapel-to-host-christmas-tree-hanukah-menorah-lighting-ceremony.aspx\">same tradition this week<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Christmas tree and Hanukah Menorah lighting ceremony begins at 5 p.m. with a Hanukah [<em>sic<\/em>] and Nativity story performed by children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2012 Jason Torpy, vicariously offended that a Naval base in Bahrain would allow its children to re-enact the nativity scene, <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2012\/12\/11\/atheists-force-end-to-us-troops-nativity-tradition-overseas\/\">filed an IG complaint<\/a> alleging the kids were violating the US Constitution. The local <!--more-->Navy unit folded, wishing to avoid controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Torpy subsequently received a flood of criticism &#8212; much of it <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2012\/12\/13\/update-navy-cancels-nativity-after-atheist-complains\/\">calling him a Grinch<\/a>, and some of it even coming from fellow atheists aghast that he would get worked up over a few kids in bathrobes standing around a plastic baby Jesus.\u00a0 He tried, with little success, to <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/2012\/12\/17\/update-2-atheist-ends-military-nativity-in-bahrain\/\">spin the bad press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While this may seem unique or extreme, there will always be people willing to attack religious liberty &#8212; and there will always be people trying to have the government act as their agent in doing so.<\/p>\n<p>The only question is what <em>you<\/em> are willing to do to protect military religious freedom &#8212; and religious liberty in America.<\/p>\n<p>For their part, it seems like USAFA is supporting the religious liberty of its Airmen and permitting them to exercise their faiths and have a &#8220;live Nativity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Note USAFA also called the holiday bush a &#8220;Christmas tree&#8221; and the holiday candelabrum a &#8220;Menorah.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well done, USAFA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four years after Jason Torpy&#8217;s third-party atheist complaint brought an end to a children&#8217;s live nativity in Bahrain, the US Air Force Academy continues the same tradition this week: The Christmas tree and Hanukah Menorah lighting ceremony begins at 5 p.m. with a Hanukah [sic] and Nativity story performed by children. 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