AFA defends cost of worship area for Pagan cadets

[icymist]

The U.S. Air Force Academy has been taking fire for building an $80,000 Stonehenge -like worship area for a handful of Pagan and Wiccan cadets.

Yet the academy can justify building Falcon Circle for outdoor, earth-centered spirituality — and the price tag, spokesman Don Branum said today.

The $80,000 figure includes $26,500 spent on erosion control on the east side of the hill where Falcon Circle is situated, Branum said.

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[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

1. Didn't they have an area built by cadets vandalized a few years ago?

I could be wrong, but I thought they had some cadets make a simple circle area only to have it ruined a short time later.

[TexasPaganDem]

2. Beat me to it!

I just ran across this and wanted to make sure it was posted over here. I was part of the group that helped the Pentacle receive national approval for use in our nation's National Cemeteries. Knowing the entrenched biases that are prevalent at the AFA (my brother spent 4 years there), I'm very glad to see Don Branum from Air Force Academy Public Affairs step up and say it was “the right thing to do.”