Air Force Sued Over Religious Intolerance

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 6, 2005

Filed at 11:52 a.m. ET

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- A New Mexico man sued the Air Force on Thursday, claiming senior officers and cadets at the Air Force Academy illegally imposed Christianity on others at the school.

The suit was filed in federal court by Mikey Weinstein, an academy graduate and outspoken critic of the school's handling of religion.

Over the past decade or more, the suit claims, academy leaders have fostered an environment of religious intolerance at the Colorado school, in violation of the First Amendment.