I don't know who Scot Blum is... a cadet at USAFA? A USAF Officer? Civilian instructor? Who is Scot Blum??? Personally, as a graduate of one of our Nation's Service Academies, I can tell you that ONE MAN DOES NOT SPEAK for the entire organization. There are 4000 (+) cadets at each of three major service academies. We are all not religious "missionaries" upon graduation. My dogtags say "No Preference" and that is my choice. If I wanted it to say "None" or "Agnostic"... I could without fear of reprisal. This story is getting way overblown! Don't focus on USAFA... focus on the Scot Blum and find out who he is and what he stands for. I guarantee you... he doesn't speak for all 4000 (+) cadets!

Is this the same Mike Weinstein who complained about Christian fundamentalists having great power at the AFA, several years ago? I thought he had left the academy (working there?) and gone to Canada.

I PRAYED TO GOD... for one thing... to keep these religious extemists evangelicals in church and out of office... & He told me he's also sick of them using his good name for their own self serving agenda!

To say the least this is an outrage. And also proves that the Christian fundies are no different than Radical Muslims ... let them have their fight ... but not at taxpayer expense and U.S. government support!

This is what the GOP has given this country?

This is totally disgusting. I'm stuck in Colorado taking care of an aging parent, and have to deal with the Taliban in my own backyard.

There sure is a lot of anti-military (and anti-religious) malarkey in many of these comments. I attended USAFA (Class of 1977) and I can tell you for a fact that there was absolutely NO religious indoctrination of any kind. We were NOT required to attend church services and I'd bet that at least 2/3 of us slept in on Sunday mornings. (The Academy is a 16 hour/day deal; most of us were very tired by Sunday. The chaplains used to try to get people to go to church by sponsoring recreational activities, including beer busts.) Given the housecleaning that happened at USAFA in the last five years (necessary, IMO), a tape made in 2002 probably has no bearing at all on the current state of affairs at the Academy. As for all you military haters and your brain-dead opinions ("America is a fascist country, yaddda, yadda") I have a suggestion: If you want a quick but very effective lesson about what fascism really is, move your arrogant, know-it-all butts to some place like Kandahar, Afghanistan or Diyala, Iraq. With any luck, you might come back to the good old USA in one piece--and you'll be one hell of a lot smarter than you are now.

Religion: Created BY fools FOR fools.

You've got to be kidding me. This Country is out of control.

It is God's special grace that these fine young men and women are having the opportunity to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many countries wouldn't come close to this freedom. My hat is off to Campus Crusade for Christ and the USAF Academy!

The ROTC includes allegiance to "god" in their indoctrination. I'm appalled at the path my country has taken.

Jewish Chaplains can pray in Hebrew. Muslim chaplains are allowed to do their thing. But Christian chaplains are not allowed to pray in Jesus name. I wonder when ABC will report on this? Some of you that are so afraid of God being mentioned should look at the last paragraph of the Constitution. Funny how the last paragraph of the constitution says "...Seventeenth Day of September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven ." Don't tell me thats just how they talked back then. If the Founders wanted such a complete removal of all references to God in public life they would have followed the French model. The Founders did not want another "Church of England" or another "Holy roman Empire", but they had no intention of silencing all public discussion of faith or for Public employees to be gagged.

Mr. Weinstein forgets that others have religious freedom, too. And he has no right to take that from Christians.

The only thing exposed here is stupidity. The stupidity of those who made the video for doing it in a way that implied government involvement. The stupidity of those who are outraged by the implied violation of church and state, the stupidity of the journalist who thought to make this an issue, and the stupidity of people like me thinking that I can talk any since into any of you.

Ever hear the adage, "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink?" I think that applies in this case. It is impossible to "force" any religion on anyone. "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still." Look around folks. Seems to me this country could use a little more religion.

I concur with the comment above vectoring the people to focus on the creepy dude with the tucked-in, buttoned down shirt preying on the vulnerable cadets. What makes you think that he's even succeeding in his mission of making graduating officers into government paid missionaries? As a grad (2003), I actually recognized a face in the video and I can tell you all that the one guy I vaguely remembered from school is possibly one of the least charismatic people I've ever met and couldn't convert anyone if his life depended on it. I honestly chuckled when I watched the video because of the reaction on the web. It's true they used Academy images, but they filmed from public access areas, so no harm there. The only thing that bothers me a little bit is how the cadets who were interviewed wore their Academy uniforms--that, I admit, is borderline shady, but the rest is pretty harmless.

We visited the AF Academy this summer when on family vacation. I'm a current member of the Army Reserves.
It's a great thing that various campus ministries are allowed to operate at his campus just like at most other universities across the nation. I'm glad that Campus Crusade is continuing it's mission of evangelism. I wouldn't expect it not to, even on a military base.

And I would expect a Christian person, whether military or not, to be able & willing to share their faith with others around them who have an interest. Just as the military allows the practice of practically any faith (or no faith at all), I'm glad that they aren't restricting Christians from practicing their faith just because some people are anti-God.

"The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.~"George Washington....."Organized Christianity has probably done more to retard the ideals that were its founder's than any other agency in the world." -Richard Le Gallienne....."The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries." ~ James Madison, 4Th US President.....I hold that in this country there must be complete severance of Church and State.~Theodore Roosevelt

It is God's special grace that these fine young men and women are having the opportunity to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Many countries wouldn't come close to this freedom. My hat is off to Campus Crusade for Christ and the USAF Academy!

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That hat might have been your thinking cap. I've spent many days on an Air Force Base- there were plenty of knuckle heads there!

Believer's - coverts - devotees are all the same. Maybe you should get to know the real enemy better. Don´t be normal!
Or are you just part of a culture.

Unbelievable!! Religion is SO out of control in this country! I am beginning to understand why the rest of the world hates America!