Air Force base lifts ban on ‘have a blessed day,’ furious atheists advocate ‘hail Satan!’

For a brief time, workers and visitors at Robins AFB in Georgia couldn’t have a blessed day, but thankfully the blessings may once again flow.

On Thursday, the Air Force reversed its initial instruction to gate guards, which banned airmen from using the phrase “have a blessed day,” according to the Air Force Times.

Robins AFB spokesman Robin Leach said in a statement, “”The Air Force takes any expressed concern over religious freedom very seriously.

“Upon further review and consultation, the Air Force determined use of the phrase ‘have a blessed day’ as a greeting is consistent with Air Force standards and is not in violation of Air Force Instructions.”

It all started March 9th when the Military Religious Freedom Foundation sent an ‘infraction report’ to Robins leadership.

On no less than 15 occasions over the last two weeks, I have been greeted by the military personnel at the gate with the phrase “Have a blessed day.” This greeting has been expressed by at least 10 different Airmen ranging in rank from A1C to SSgt. I found the greeting to be a notion that I, as a non-religious member of the military community should believe a higher power has an influence on how my day should go.

The security forces commander then ordered his airmen to use a less ‘sectarian’ greeting, such as ‘have a nice day.’

Now that ‘blessed’ is back, MRFF president Mikey Weinstein is fuming.  He compared ‘have a blessed day’ to a more nefarious greeting.

“This an example where it’s fine to say, ‘Welcome to Team Robins,’ but, as I said before, what are you going to do if the gate guards say: ‘Welcome to Team Robins, hail Satan!’,” Weinstein said.

He continued, ”this is a vicious savaging of the constitutional protections that are afforded by the First Amendment along with Department of Defense regulations. The Air Force has not heard the last of this.”

The gate guards at Robins AFB might only have one thing to say to Mikey Weinstein: “have a blessed day.”

DONATE TO BIZPAC REVIEW

Please help us! If you are fed up with letting radical big tech execs, phony fact-checkers, tyrannical liberals and a lying mainstream media have unprecedented power over your news please consider making a donation to BPR to help us fight them. Now is the time. Truth has never been more critical!

Success! Thank you for donating. Please share BPR content to help combat the lies.
Steve Berman

Comment

We have no tolerance for comments containing violence, racism, profanity, vulgarity, doxing, or discourteous behavior. If a comment is spam, instead of replying to it please click the ∨ icon below and to the right of that comment. Thank you for partnering with us to maintain fruitful conversation.

BPR INSIDER COMMENTS

Scroll down for non-member comments or join our insider conversations by becoming a member. We'd love to have you!

Comments are closed.

Latest Articles