Senator Coburn calls Air Force Academy Chapel a waste of money

Senator: AF Wasted Cash on Academy Chapel

December 22, 2011
The Gazette, Colorado Springs,Colo.
by Tom Roeder
A U.S. senator from Oklahoma included an Air Force academy project in his annual report on government waste.

Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn says the $51,000 spent on academy's new outdoor chapel for earth-centered religions was wasteful. He added it to his "Wastebook 2011", which details $6.5 billion in what Coburn considers waste.

The academy, which has separate chapels for Buddhist, Jewish, Catholic and protestant worshipers, unveiled the outdoor chapel this year as part of its ongoing effort to practice religious respect.
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A waste of money? The best way to heal after combat is spiritually. Shouldn't it be the best way to prepare to go into combat as well? Does it have to be only an "approved faith" to make it onto the list of what is acceptable? As this report points out, all other faiths are in fact finding a place there, so why not this one too?

I have to admit when I read about atheists wanting their own Chaplains, I was totally confused. I still am but that is my personal opinion. They do have, and should have, a right to practice their own beliefs.