Christianism in the Military

Evangelical Christians in the U.S. military have been appearing in promotional videos for evangelizing groups without a disclaimer that they speak solely for themselves and not for the military as a whole. The military is not immune from outside social pressures, one of which is the new power and intransigence of evangelical Christianity, especially in the South. Among other recent distressing developments have been open proselytizing at the Air Force Academy for evangelical Cristianity in a multi-faith enivronment, and the appalling remarks of General Boykin, a Christianist fanatic who put his own beliefs before his duty to a secular commander-in-chief. The few military officials who backed the Rumsfeld torture policy were also often Christianists. The secular nature of the U.S. military, representing a secular government, is integral to the successful defense of the U.S. The damage is easily reparable, but under this president, the damage has been great.