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Fostering Religious Respect At the U.S. Air Force Academy

December 1, 2010

Author: Arielle Gingold

Source: The Interfaith Alliance

http://interfaithalliance.org/fallnewsletter10/410-fosteringrespectairforceacademy

In mid-November, Rev. Gaddy and I had the privilege of attending a conference on religious respect at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Rev. Gaddy as a participant and I as an observer. We were part of a diverse group of invitees from a...

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Air Force Academy Cites Progress In Tackling Religious Intolerance

November 2, 2010

Author: Whitney Jones

Source: Beliefnet News

Wire Service: RNS

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2010/11/air-force-academy-cites-progre.php

A recent survey on the religious climate of the

U.S. Air Force Academy showed that 41 percent of non-Christian cadets face unwanted proselytizing at least once during a year-long period.

 

The Cadet and Permanent Party Climate...

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Friends Honor Wiccan With Halloween Burial

November 1, 2010

Author: Samara Kalk Derby

Source: The Wisconsin State Journal

http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_249d7369-dacc-5451-9e60-8c2c4b7d4a2b.html

On a warm, sunny Halloween day, a group of 20 people drove up a rural road at Circle Sanctuary, a nature-based pagan church and ecological preserve here, to spread and inter the ashes of one of their own.

 

Bruce Parsons, of Milwaukee, who...

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Rise In Paganism In Southeast Valley Mirrors U.S. Trend

October 23, 2010

Author: Nancy Puffer

Source: The Republic

http://www.azcentral.com/community/gilbert/articles/2010/10/22/20101022southeast-valley-paganism-on-rise.html

Advocates of paganism say it is on the rise in the "Southeast Valley, mirroring a nationwide trend of growth in nature-based religions. Many local followers have been celebrating their beliefs and seeking the same acceptance and respect as...

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Rabbis Reach Out to Prisoners, Soldiers for Yom Kippur

September 16, 2010

Author: Jaweed Kaleem

Source: The Miami Herald

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/09/16/1828829/rabbis-reach-out-to-prisoners.html

In a small, bustling office tucked into an Orthodox synagogue in Surfside, a dozen men and women spent Thursday stuffing FedEx boxes with the markings of Jewish worship: Hebrew prayer books, camouflage yarmulkes, shawls and shofars.

 

It was crunch time at Aleph Institute,...

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Second Sikh Doctor Allowed to Wear Articles of Faith; Enlisted Soldier In Training

September 9, 2010

Author: Steve Elliott

Source: The United States Army

http://www.army.mil/-news/2010/09/09/44944-second-sikh-doctor-allowed-to-wear-articles-of-faith-enlisted-soldier-in-training/

Standing at attention deep in the ranks of the Soldiers in crisp ACUs and combat boots, Capt. Kamaljeet Kalsi was just like every other officer there - proud of his achievements and ready to graduate...

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A Chaplain And an Atheist Go to War

September 4, 2010

Author: Michael M. Phillips

Source: The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467004575463833265055248.html

They say there are no atheists in foxholes. There's one on the front lines here, though, and the chaplain isn't thrilled about it.

 

Navy Chaplain Terry Moran is steeped in the Bible and believes all of it. His assistant, Religious Programs Specialist 2nd Class...

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Rabbi's Beard Doesn't Make Cut

August 20, 2010

Author: Devlin Barrett

Source: The Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791804575439591274461362.html

Rabbi Menachem Stern's stringy brown beard is hardly an unusual sight in his Brooklyn neighborhood. But in trying to become a chaplain in the U.S. Army, Mr. Stern has gotten tangled in a military bureaucracy that has made exceptions for other beards, but not his.

The 28-year-old...

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