The Colorado Springs Indy reports:
Ben Carson, in a nearly hour-long keynote address to Air Force Academy cadets, gave a roadmap for success that includes courage, innovation, leadership and a relationship with God.
“Our diversity is not a problem. It is a strength. We should not let anybody make it into a problem. It is one of the things that makes America into a great place,” he said.
“Who would want to go to the National Aquarium if every fish was a gold fish?” he said. “We should be pleased that God he gave us variety. That shows that he was merciful, quite frankly.”
Read the full article. It continues with Dr. Stabby’s standard recitation of how he bootstrapped himself out of poverty after random bible quote inspired him to stop clubbing people with hammers. But as you can see below, our pal Hemant Mehta zeroed in on the real money quote. And the Christianist grip on the Air Force Academy continues.
During a speech at the Air Force Academy’s National Character and Leadership Symposium, Dr. Ben Carson said those who support church/state separation have “schizophrenia.”
His proof that we’re in a Christian nation? A bunch of things lawmakers shoved through in the 1950s. pic.twitter.com/vQXHLOn8WD
— Hemant Mehta (@hemantmehta) March 1, 2022