Posted on Dec 13, 2016
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The U.S. Air Force Academy said one of its football coaches did not violate school or Air Force policy when he posted Bible verses on his personal Twitter account.
But days later, the account and others were removed from the school's athletic website.
Steed Lobotzke, in his second season as the Falcons' tight-end coach, this month came under fire from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a watchdog group that advocates for religious freedom in the services, for writing a series of tweets championing Christian beliefs.
"Upon looking into this matter, we learned that all athletic coaches' social media accounts are personal and not maintained by the Air Force Academy Athletic Department," academy spokesman Meade Warthen told Military.com in a statement on Friday.
"The views and comments within these accounts are personal and not the views of the Air Force Academy or Air Force," Warthen added. "However, we appreciate that the accounts could appear official and have advised that an appropriate disclaimer be included to avoid confusion in this regard."
But days later, the account and others were removed from the school's athletic website.
Steed Lobotzke, in his second season as the Falcons' tight-end coach, this month came under fire from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a watchdog group that advocates for religious freedom in the services, for writing a series of tweets championing Christian beliefs.
"Upon looking into this matter, we learned that all athletic coaches' social media accounts are personal and not maintained by the Air Force Academy Athletic Department," academy spokesman Meade Warthen told Military.com in a statement on Friday.
"The views and comments within these accounts are personal and not the views of the Air Force Academy or Air Force," Warthen added. "However, we appreciate that the accounts could appear official and have advised that an appropriate disclaimer be included to avoid confusion in this regard."
Air Force Academy Finds No Wrongdoing in Coach's Bible Tweets
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"Religion is like a Penis it's all wonderful until you whip it out and try and force it on others" I know that the Air Force has been challenged as of late because they do seem to attract those that like Proselytizing. I can tell you as a Navy Man that if you do that on a Navy Ship you risk being used as Oscar the Man Overboard Dummy. We Sailors do seem to be more "Old Fashioned" say like "Christ" we like mingling with the Underclass to Include denizens of "Red Light Districts".
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