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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 70385" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p>[media=youtube]Tt3zvlU3XEI[/media]</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/06/07/fox-exclusive-air-force-removes-video-mentions-god" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Air Force Removes Video That Mentions God</span></strong></a></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The Pentagon directed an Air Force Base to remove a video tribute to First Sergeants because it mentioned the word ‘God’ and might be offensive to atheists or Muslims, Fox News has learned.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The tribute was created by a chaplain at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The chaplain wrote a poem titled, “God Created A First Sergeant.” It was later adapted into a video with a narration. First Sergeants are senior non-commissioned officers who look after enlisted members.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The video was modeled after the Dodge Ram Super Bowl commercial titled, “God Created A Farmer.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“On the eighth day, God looked down on His creation and said, ‘I need someone who will take care of the Airmen,’” the tribute read. “So God created a First Sergeant.”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Chaplain leadership at the base signed off on the project as well as other base officials and earlier this week the video was posted on YouTube. But it was soon taken down after other officers objected.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“Proliferation of religion is not allowed in the Air Force or military,” wrote the chief of the Air Force News Service Division in an email obtained by Fox News. “How would an Agnostic, Atheist or Muslim serving in the military take this video?”</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“I would not recommend using this at all,” the chief wrote.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">He also took issue with the wording of the video, according to the emails.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“The choice of ‘On the Eighth day’ verbiage to begin this video is highly suggestive from the book of Genesis in the Bible and has Christian overtones,” he wrote.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">An Air Force spokesperson told Fox News the video was removed for a legal review.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">“The Air Force removed the ‘God Created a First Sergeant’ video from the official Joint Base McGuire Dix YouTube site to evaluate whether it is consistent with official Air Force guidance, to include whether it meets official guidance governing religious neutrality in the Air Force as prescribed in Air Force Instruction 1-1, Air Force Culture,” spokesperson Ann Stefanek said in a statement.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">A source with knowledge of the incident told Fox News that the video was made to simply honor First Sergeants. The chaplain had written the poem several months ago and it was recently turned into a multimedia presentation.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The decision to censor the video comes less than a week after the Military Religious Freedom Foundation ordered the Air Force to remove an inspirational painting from Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 70385, member: 2770"] [media=youtube]Tt3zvlU3XEI[/media] [URL='http://nation.foxnews.com/2013/06/07/fox-exclusive-air-force-removes-video-mentions-god'][B][SIZE=6]Air Force Removes Video That Mentions God[/SIZE][/B][/URL] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The Pentagon directed an Air Force Base to remove a video tribute to First Sergeants because it mentioned the word ‘God’ and might be offensive to atheists or Muslims, Fox News has learned.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The tribute was created by a chaplain at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The chaplain wrote a poem titled, “God Created A First Sergeant.” It was later adapted into a video with a narration. First Sergeants are senior non-commissioned officers who look after enlisted members.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The video was modeled after the Dodge Ram Super Bowl commercial titled, “God Created A Farmer.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“On the eighth day, God looked down on His creation and said, ‘I need someone who will take care of the Airmen,’” the tribute read. “So God created a First Sergeant.”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Chaplain leadership at the base signed off on the project as well as other base officials and earlier this week the video was posted on YouTube. But it was soon taken down after other officers objected.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“Proliferation of religion is not allowed in the Air Force or military,” wrote the chief of the Air Force News Service Division in an email obtained by Fox News. “How would an Agnostic, Atheist or Muslim serving in the military take this video?”[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“I would not recommend using this at all,” the chief wrote.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]He also took issue with the wording of the video, according to the emails.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“The choice of ‘On the Eighth day’ verbiage to begin this video is highly suggestive from the book of Genesis in the Bible and has Christian overtones,” he wrote.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]An Air Force spokesperson told Fox News the video was removed for a legal review.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]“The Air Force removed the ‘God Created a First Sergeant’ video from the official Joint Base McGuire Dix YouTube site to evaluate whether it is consistent with official Air Force guidance, to include whether it meets official guidance governing religious neutrality in the Air Force as prescribed in Air Force Instruction 1-1, Air Force Culture,” spokesperson Ann Stefanek said in a statement.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]A source with knowledge of the incident told Fox News that the video was made to simply honor First Sergeants. The chaplain had written the poem several months ago and it was recently turned into a multimedia presentation.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The decision to censor the video comes less than a week after the Military Religious Freedom Foundation ordered the Air Force to remove an inspirational painting from Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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