Government will not support Christian Group?! Go figure!

 

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Okay.  For 42 years, The God and Country Family Festival in Nampa, Idaho has been having the Air Force do a flyover.  According to the Canyon County Commissioner David Ferdinand, this festival was founded on the principles that our country was founded on God and Country, and the military part of it is a huge part of the event:

“We’ve had A15, A10s, we have even had a B-1 bomber from the U.S. Air Force,” said Ferdinand.

Ferdinand says the flyover is a salute to the service men and women, and is a cherished part of the night for the more than 10,000 that attend.

“This thing is a patriotic event and in our opinion, why it started and where it started, we need to continue that tradition,” said Ferdinand.

From http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-jul0309-no_flyover.60a08ee.html

This year, however, when the festival board submitted their request (as required) to the Pentagon, their request was turned down.  Board member Patti Syme said:

… the e-mail from a defense official informed her the Pentagon prohibited support of special interest groups.”I called him immediately and just said, you know hey we’ve been doing this for 42 years, we’ve had flyovers, what is the problem?” Syme told KTBV. “And he said, well we have looked up your Web site and everything on your Web site seemed to focus on Christianity, ministry booths. And he said, in fact, ma’am it sounds like it focuses on Christianity. And he said, in fact, it would be great to go to, in fact, if I personally, could come I would, but we can’t endorse such an endeavor, so they couldn’t do the flyover.”

The Pentagon basically said that they can’t support any event “that provides a selective benefit to any individual, group, or organization, including any religious or sectarian organization, ideological movement, political campaign or organization, or commercial enterprise, to include a shopping mall or motion picture promotion.”  Which, when the malarkey is washed away, boils down to the fact that the Pentagon didn’t realize that the festival celebrated God and therefore is taboo.

But, Obama can quote the Koran with impunity, and if Muslims want to drop a rug and pray in the middle of a campus, it is okay; but for crying out loud we cannot support Christianity of any kind.  Regardless of what our Fore Fathers said.  How sad is this?

For the entire article on FoxNews:  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/07/07/pentagon-denies-god-country-family-fesitval-fly-request/