The Air Force Academy has upheld the right of a coach to post religious messages on his Twitter account, despite complaints from MRFF
The Air Force Academy ruled that Bible verses shared on a football assistant coach's Twitter account did not violate policy or law because they were private statements on a social media profile with the proper disclaimer. The Academy was responding to a request from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) to investigate "Christian evangelizing via Twitter, blatantly violating Air Force regulations."
MRFF is upset and plans further efforts to protest this behavior, contrary to their mission statement:
No member of the military may be compelled to curtail — except in the most limited of military circumstances and when it directly impacts military discipline, morale and the successful completion of a specific military goal — the free exercise of their religious practices or beliefs.
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