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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 560250" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p><em>NAMPA — Military representatives stand by the decision to deny a flyover for this year's God and Country Family Festival.</em></p><p><em>In an interview with the Idaho Press-Tribune, a Pentagon official said Department of Defense policy concerning flyovers has not changed under the Obama administration, as many have suggested, nor has the application of the policy.</em></p><p><em>What has changed, according to two military representatives, is the way festival organizers worded their request this year.</em></p><p><em>"The way that the Air Force described it, in previous years the request for support focused on patriotic-type activities, but the one this year had more of a religious-type focus," Col. David Lapan of the U.S. Marine Corps, director of Defense press operations, said Tuesday.</em></p><p><em>Capt. Thomas Wenz of the Air Force press desk confirmed that account.</em></p><p><em>"There has been no change in the policy. Events that are in violation of the DoD guidelines have been turned down in the past, and will continue to be turned down," </em></p><p><em></em><em>Wenz said the application's wording raised immediate red flags.</em></p><p><em>"When they tied it directly to the Christian community, the tech sergeant who was processing that request got on the Web site and did a little more research into the sponsors and the purpose of the event," Wenz said in a Wednesday telephone interview.</em></p><p><em>The application submitted in 2007, the last year the Air Force processed a request from the festival, did not contain similar language, Wenz said.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>edit- Mac beat me to it<em> <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></em></p><p><em></em>I agree with the decision, I don't want my tax dollars going to support a christian celebration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 560250, member: 4805"] [I]NAMPA — Military representatives stand by the decision to deny a flyover for this year's God and Country Family Festival.[/I] [I]In an interview with the Idaho Press-Tribune, a Pentagon official said Department of Defense policy concerning flyovers has not changed under the Obama administration, as many have suggested, nor has the application of the policy.[/I] [I]What has changed, according to two military representatives, is the way festival organizers worded their request this year.[/I] [I]"The way that the Air Force described it, in previous years the request for support focused on patriotic-type activities, but the one this year had more of a religious-type focus," Col. David Lapan of the U.S. Marine Corps, director of Defense press operations, said Tuesday.[/I] [I]Capt. Thomas Wenz of the Air Force press desk confirmed that account.[/I] [I]"There has been no change in the policy. Events that are in violation of the DoD guidelines have been turned down in the past, and will continue to be turned down," [/I][I]Wenz said the application's wording raised immediate red flags.[/I] [I]"When they tied it directly to the Christian community, the tech sergeant who was processing that request got on the Web site and did a little more research into the sponsors and the purpose of the event," Wenz said in a Wednesday telephone interview.[/I] [I]The application submitted in 2007, the last year the Air Force processed a request from the festival, did not contain similar language, Wenz said. [/I]edit- Mac beat me to it[I] :) [/I]I agree with the decision, I don't want my tax dollars going to support a christian celebration. [/QUOTE]
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