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Religion has to play a part. It has to be considered. The government is constitutionally prevented from endorsing any particular religion over another. To do so goes against the establishment clause of the Constitution.

Your statement is self-contradictory. To save the village we must destroy it.

By ignoring religion as a factor in such decisions you are, by definition, not preferring any religion over the other. They are all equally not considered as a factor.

The only factors are, how many Americans are there, is it beneficial for them, and the Air Force...to participate.

It does not matter whether it is 200 American atheists, 200 American Christians, 200 American Muslims, or 200 American Scientologists...the only part that the government should be considering is the American part.

By refusing to participate where religion is concerned, you are automatically discriminating against all of those religions in favor of secularism, atheism, or humanism anti-religions. That in itself is the state interfering. It is best to ignore all such questions and base it on other factors.

Providing the same exact services and considerations to religious entities that you provide to any other group....is not favoring them. It is treating them equally.

Refusing to provide the same services and considerations to religious entities that you provide to any other group.....because of religion.....is treating them differently.

Government is prohibited against discriminating based on skin pigmentation or favoring one skin pigmentation over another. Can the Air Force then turn this around and say that due to this they will not allow any Hispanics or African-Americans in because they are pigmented and that they will defer to the most non-pigmented people? That is turning the spirit of the law on it's head.

Lack of religion would equate to the non-pigmented people. By only considering them for participation and refusing to provide the same services for the religious....you are indeed discriminating against the religious (albeit in a clever way).

The founders intent in regard to not favoring one religion over another....was not an intent by them to discriminate against all religions. That is not an accurate view of the what the founders meant.

The idea that you must discriminate against all religious entities to avoid discriminating against any religious entity is an insane rendering of the Constitution. War is peace.