{"id":1250,"date":"2009-11-08T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1250"},"modified":"2009-11-08T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T23:04:00","slug":"in-us-air-force-wiccans-outnumber-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=1250","title":{"rendered":"In US Air Force, Wiccans Outnumber Muslims"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend passed on this column by political commenter Diana West, who notes in passing that there are almost as many Wiccans as Muslims in the American military–and more in the Air Force.<\/a><\/p>\n

So far, I have not heard of any Wiccan dissatisfied with their military careers expressing themselves by killing their fellow service members.<\/a><\/p>\n

Let’s hope it never happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A friend passed on this column by political commenter Diana West, who notes in passing that there are almost as many Wiccans as Muslims in the American military–and more in the Air Force. So far, I have not heard of any Wiccan dissatisfied with their military careers expressing themselves by killing their fellow service members. 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