Tag Archive: West Point

Dec 22 2012

Washington Times op-ed: “West Point is religious”

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Shirley Husar at the Washington Times, wrote an attack piece against atheist West Point Cadet Blake Page. It veers into histrionics rather quickly: If the founders didn’t intend to require that cadets be Catholics or Baptists, they also clearly didn’t intend that they be atheists. Page therefore found himself in a system designed not to eliminate atheists, …

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Dec 06 2012

Christian classmate didn’t see discrimination, so the cadet is lying

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Atheist West Point cadet Blake Page has recently penned “Why I Don’t Want to be a West Point Graduate“ over at Huffington Post. It’s powerful stuff, and has been picked up all over the place. CNN‘s Soledad O’Brien just interviewed Blake Page and Mikey Weinstein. Cadet Page’s public stance inspired something amazing. Mikey Weinstein shared this …

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May 23 2012

West Point’s dangerous medieval Christian Crusader imagery

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This is another one of those times that foxhole atheists need you to speak for them. West Point cadet, Blake Page has shunned anonymity. It was a moot offer on my behalf anyway, he already sent this up his chain of command, and they remain silent. Though he does not speak on behalf of the …

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