christiefan915
Catalyst
Keep ignoring the DoD's rules on the subject. It confirms your position of being a total conservative hack.
Isn't it funny that a conservative website like American Family Ass'n. hasn't even blamed this on Obama?
The God and Country Family Festival in Nampa, Idaho, has had an Air Force flyover every year for the last forty years. However, this year the Air Force turned down the festival's flyover request. Courtesy of Hot Air. Why?
An Idaho community had secured an Air Force flyover for its local festival every year for more than 40 years, organizers say, but this year, the Air Force turned the request down over the festival’s religious focus. [emphasis mine.]
The God and Country Family Festival in Nampa, Idaho, applied to the Pentagon for the flyover but was denied in an e-mail, board member Patti Syme told KTBV. Syme said the e-mail from a defense official informed her the Pentagon prohibited support of special interest groups.
A defense department official told FOX News the Air Force denied the request because it violates a Pentagon policy against supporting any event “that provides a selective benefit to any individual, group, or organization, including any religious or sectarian organization, ideological movement, political campaign or organization, or commercial enterprise, to include a shopping mall or motion picture promotion.”
See also FOX News. Board member Patti Syme said an email from a defense official told her that the Pentagon prohibits support of special interest groups. Syme says "I called him immediately and just said, you know hey we've been doing this for 42 years, we've had flyovers, what is the problem?" "And he said, well we have looked up your Web site and everything on your Web site seemed to focus on Christianity, ministry booths. And he said, in fact, ma'am it sounds like it focuses on Christianity. And he said, in fact, it would be great to go to, in fact, if I personally, could come I would, but we can't endorse such an endeavor, so they couldn't do the flyover."
