Religious Freedom?

Mr. Weinstein,
Did it ever occur to you that the very name of your foundation, “Military Religious Freedom Foundation” should suggest that if those at Fort Caron want a logo with a cross that is their religious freedom to do so?
Huh?
(name withheld)

Hi (name withheld),
Thank you for your note and your question.
Assume for a moment you are a Christian. Just as you do not have the religious freedom to place your religious symbol, a crucifix, let us say, in a Synagogue and just as a Jewish person does not have the religious freedom to place a Torah in a Mosque and just as a Muslim does not have the religious freedom to place a Crescent Moon and Star in a Catholic Church, no one in the armed forces, which, under the constitution, must remain religion neutral, has the religious freedom to require those who do not subscribe to a particular religion to wear symbols of that religion or work under it as a unit emblem. In this particular case we have received 43 complaints, mostly from non-evangelical Christian soldiers. To illustrate the depth and scope of primarily Christian violations of constitutional law in the military, we are addressing over 18,000 client case complaints from young military men and women as to coercive and command sponsored proselytizing. This is epidemic.
Under Supreme Court decision regarding the military’s accommodating religion it has been held that the military, as an arm of government, may not prefer, advance, elevate, recommend or proselytize one religion over another or religion over non-religion. I have included this decision for you.
The unit emblem clearly violates those provisions by endorsing a particular religion. In addition the use of the “Spiked Cross” in the emblem, which was a symbol of the Christian Crusades when Christian forces used these spiked crosses to mark Christian advances, gives the impression that we are not prosecuting a global war on terror but a religious crusade against Islam.
The unit emblem as depicted is very plainly a Christian Crusade symbol and tends to embolden the enemy and give him the wherewithal to recruit and employ large numbers of new fighters.
Free exercise of religion does not mean religious exclusivity or supremacy, irrespective of the majority of a religion. Religious practitoners must obey U.S. Law.
Regards,
Rick Baker
Regional Coordinator
MRFF
Colorado Springs