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Published On: May 6, 2013|Categories: MRFF's Inbox|0 Comments|

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Sir,

Someone sharing their personal faith with a friend is as normal as talking
about their kids, or their job. It’s an intricate part of their life and
identity. Your “organization” is both unAmerican, because America was
established as a Christian nation. Do some honest research, read our
founding documents you libturd! And it’s unconstitutional, the
constitution guarantees freedom OF religion, not freedom FROM religion.

You atheists are as religious about what you believe as believers. You push
your beliefs on others and seek to restrict the free expression of faith of
any kind.

As an Army Chaplain I shared the Gospel of Jesus Christ with my units and
MANY came to personal faith in Christ.

Their lives were enriched by grace and peace and the joy of having a
personal relationship with their creator.

I remember how disgusting Madeline Murray O’Hare was. Her lack of Biblical
ethics led that shining example of an atheist to steal $600,000 from her
organization and then die like an animal in the woods as she attempted to
sneak away. No one even knows where shes buried. And her son that is a
pastor today is still preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

I am sorry for you. I dont know why you are so threatened by people of
faith. Certainly we dont have a problem with your unbelief.. so why your
campaign??? For all you railing and throwing dust.. You sir, will pass
away like the grass that is here today and gone tomorrow… but the Word of
God and His eternal Kingdom will last forever!

(name withheld)

Spring, Texas


Dear (name withheld),

Thank you for your service to our nation. It is, and always will be,
greatly valued and appreciated. Although I have no military experience, I
am very proud to work with many retired and active duty military members at
MRFF, 96% being of the Christian faith (just not the right kind according to
some within the Military).

As a Christian (Episcopalian in fact) supporter of MRFF I enjoy your attempt
to proselytize your faith and/or version of Christ’s teachings. I have the
freedom (as do you) to demonstrably agree with any proselytized message,
disagree, or totally ignore with no chance of repercussions (excluding of
course potential repercussions of hard core fundamentalists of any faith
proselytizing their message). If on the other hand you chose to proselytize
a faith based message to me in a government controlled situation where your
official capacity was superior and mine subordinate, your message becomes
immediately oppressive, and unconstitutional, due to the loss of my freedoms
as listed above

Let me use the words of another in further explanation:

No one will be prosecuted simply for sharing one’s faith in the military.
Sharing your faith – in a non-official context – is fine. What’s wrong is
when it is in a mandatory, official, or any other context in which the power
dynamic between the individuals is out of balance (e.g., a commander
recommending church attendance to subordinates).

Should fundamentalist of other religious faiths engage in the same type of
activity within the U.S. Military, MRFF’s response will be exactly the
same. You should also be aware that MRFF fully supports the military
chaplaincy role in its passive (i.e. without proselytization) ministrations
to the religious needs of all U.S. Service Members of any faith. I feel
equally sorry for you if your simple “sharing of faith” was actually a
euphemism to proselytize (e.g., to induce someone to convert to one’s own
religious faith) to anyone placed under your control as a result of any
lawful order by you or a superior. I also feel sorry for you if you believe
MRFF’s efforts to stop such oppressive proselytizing actions as attacking
the entire Christian faith.

Being called un-American by anyone with the incredible ego and temerity
required to adjudicate such a verdict is almost as meaningless as the tired
and irrelevant phrase that America was established as a Christian nation.
Am I proud as a Christian that Judeo/Christian heritage and morality played
a truly significant role in development of the U.S. Constitution & Bill of
Rights? You better believe it. However, by adoption of the Constitution,
we as a nation from that point forward agreed to be bound to each other
under a democratic Man’s Law rather than a theocratic Devine Law. This may
be why so many have referred to the Constitution as a living and breathing
document, a description I have not heard too many Christian Dominionists or
Fundamentalists apply to the Bible. This is also why so many Dominionists
and Fundamentalist feel free to degrade and demean my beliefs as an
Episcopalian Christian.

To sum up my perspective I defend both my Christian faith and my
Constitution proudly and equally. I simply don’t feel compelled to defend
one at the expense of the other.

Respectfully,

Andy Kasehagen

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