Air Force Updates Religious Guidance after Outcry
The Air Force announced it has updated AFI 1-1 — because of issues regarding religious liberty [emphasis added]:
Air Force officials approved Air Force Instruction 1-1, Air Force Standards, Nov. 7, to clarify guidance on Airmen’s religious rights and commanders’ authority and responsibility to protect those rights.
The announcement contained a summary of the changes. The changes [emphasis added]
clarify guidance for how commanders should handle religious accommodation requests or when Airmen’s rights to free exercise are questioned. Chaplain corps officials also clarified policy language to assist commanders in balancing the constitutional protections for their own free exercise of religion or other personal beliefs with the constitutional prohibition against governmental establishment of religion.
Importantly, General Welsh is quoted as specifically Read more