Ever since our engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan following 9/11, there have been issues relating to the promotion of religion in the military and its impact on members of the military who were outside of evangelical Christianity. This has been particularly impactful to non-believers.
Helping us to understand the scope of this issue, we will present Mr. Jason Torpy who serves as the President of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (MAAF), a national non-profit building community for nontheistic service members. Mr. Torpy has been active with the non-theist community since entering the military. He has addressed issues of separation of church and state and equal opportunity for nontheistic service members in Army basic training, Army parachutist training, military academy programs, and in combat situations.
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