Air Force clears colonel who refused to

Air Force clears colonel who refused to endorse same-sex spouse

April 4, 2018

The Air Force has ruled that a colonel was exercising his religious beliefs when he refused to sign a certificate of appreciation for a subordinate airman’s same-sex spouse.

House lawmakers who protested the earlier suspension of Col. Leland Bohannon last year for discrimination were notified of the decision by the director of a service appeals board in letter Monday from Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson.

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