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Swearing-in Bible for Space Force Officers Blessed by National Cathedral

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The Washington National Cathedral blessed the “official Bible” that will be used for commanders who will work at the newly established United States Space Force (USSF) to be sworn in, drawing criticism from social media users and religious freedom advocacy groups.

The Washington National Cathedral shared a photo from the ceremony through its Twitter account on January 12.

https://twitter.com/WNCathedral/status/1216418699898474502?s=20

The news sparked a public backlash over Twitter from people, who objected to the idea of the Space Force having an “official Bible,” saying the policy could mean that only “Christians” would be accepted to serve in the military unit.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) also commented on the move with a harsh statement, saying:

“The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) condemns, in as full-throated a manner as is humanly possible, the shocking and repulsive display of only the most vile, exclusivist, fundamentalist Christian supremacy, dominance, triumphalism and exceptionalism which occurred at yesterday’s ‘blessing’, at the Washington National Cathedral, of a sectarian Christian bible which will apparently ‘be used to swear in all commanders of America’s newest military branch (ie. The United States Space Force).”

“The utilization of a Christian bible to ’swear in’ commanders of the new Space Force or any other DoD branch at ANY level is completely violative of the bedrock Separation of Church and State mandate of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and also violates Clause 3, Article 6’s total prohibition of No Religious Test for any Federal Gov’t position.”

The Space Force was formed by the Donald Trump administration as the sixth branch of the American armed forces on December 20, 2019.

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