July 1, 2005

Lawmakers Heatedly Debate Whether to Condemn 'Proselytizing' at Air Force Academy

By JEFFREY BRAINARD and DEVIN VARSALONA

Air Force cadets can have their "wing and a prayer," so long as they're tolerant of the prayers of others.

That's the bottom-line conclusion drawn last week by members of the U.S. House of Representatives and by an Air Force investigation of alleged religious discrimination and Christian proselytizing at the U.S. Air Force Academy.

The Air Force investigation found no overt religious discrimination on the Colorado campus but said the academy had failed to accommodate minority