Two contrasting stories on the question of public prayer. "We're going to continue our existing practices," said Cmdr. Rod Gibbons, a spokesman at the Academy in Annapolis. "We have no plans to change our existing practice." Annapolis is the only service academy that sanctions a mealtime prayer.
On the other hand we have a draft Air Force Policy The draft does not ban public prayer outright and says short, nonsectarian prayers may be included in special ceremonies or events, but only to lend a sense of solemnity and not to promote specific beliefs.
My reaction on hearing this? I remember a quote from Flannery O’conner when Mary McCarthy said she thought of the Eucharist as a symbol: 'Well, if it's a symbol, to hell with it.'
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