A survey of cadets at Colorado Springs' Air Force Academy apparently shows improvement, but still significant, continued religious pressure:
The report, released today, was based on a 40 percent return rate from the 4,595 cadets contacted, and 53 percent return rate from more than 3,500 staff.
Among the findings:
141 cadets said they have been subjected to unwanted religious proselytizing sometimes, often or very often. Another 212 said they had been once or twice. Staff numbers were lower.
Officials argue that this indicates improvement in the area of proselytizing, where the Colorado Springs facility has been the object of scrutiny in the past. Notably, though, even the military's harshest critic on religious freedom, Mikey Weinstein, said recently he sees great improvement at the AFA.
