Texas Congressman against atheists in the military.

Texas, Do they just not educate ANYONE? Christian Dominionism will do even more harm to this nation...

Sam Johnson (R-TX), once named the most conservative Member of Congress by National Journal, thinks atheists in the military should be forced to acknowledge God and swear a pledge to the diety they do not believe in.
He’s even introduced a bill to make that happen.

Johnson’s reasoning is a response to the U.S. Air Force top command’s recent decision to make saying “So help me God” optional when cadets pledge they’ll abide by the military code of honor. In other words, cadets who want to say that phrase may do exactly that, as before; those who don’t will swear the oath just the same, but without the deity reference.
Sound reasonable? Not to Johnson it doesn’t.

On his blog, he writes:

"In response to the U.S. Air Force Academy’s unilateral decision to make the phrase, ‘so help me God’ of the Cadet Honor Oath optional, I introduced H.R. 3416, a bill that would require congressional approval prior to any change to Oaths of Office. I was joined by original co-sponsor Congressman Pete Olson (TX-22).
Our Founding Fathers declared we are, “One nation under God,” and you better believe I’ll fight like mad to keep it that way. I can tell you from experience, there are no atheists in foxholes. We are the land of the free because of the brave. Many people don’t know this, but when you survive a near-death experience (as Johnson did when he was a POW in Vietnam), you realize that the only thing you had to hold on to was your faith in God."

I salute his service, but he was born in 1930, 26 years before "Under God" was added to the Pledge... He should know better! And the fact that he is proposing a law to establish a religious oath... He should be more conversant with the Constitution as well, as an elected official....