Military Religious Freedom Foundation huh?

Hello,

I served active duty for over 20 years. I find your stand on Fighter Attack Squadrons symbol change appalling, and quite frankly you people should be ashamed of yourselves for even using the word “freedom” in your name. I think you folks wouldn’t say much if the symbol had Muslim overtones to it, because your a bunch of pacifist that in the light of truth would rather bow down to our enemy than vanquish them. Why doesn’t your organization grow a backbone and realize the enemy declared Jihad on “US”! You want religious freedom, and then let it stand. If it helps our boys out there then so be it. Who’s it hurting, other than a way for you guys get more “donations”? I am also posting this on the internet article. I hope that you will receive many more of these emails so you can understand where the AMERICAN people stand.

Sincerely,
(name withheld)

Hi (name withheld),

My name is Rick Baker and I volunteer for MRFF to help make sure all correspondence gets prompt attention and a courtesy answer.

First, let me thank you for your service to America. I am a former Air Force Officer and Rescue Pilot having served two combat tours in Vietnam so I share your love for this country and all that she represents.

Religious Freedom in the Armed Forces is vital to maintaining good order and discipline. There are many religions and non-beliefs represented in the military so it is critical to to maintain religious neutrality. Another problem is that there many hundreds of Muslim troops in our military, many of whom served in Iraq and Afghanistan against other Muslims and received decorations for outstanding service. Despite the bad rap Islam is getting we want to make sure that they feel represented as well.

MRFF is currently addressing over 27,000 client case complaints from our young men and women in the armed forces relative to command centered and coercive Christian proselytizing in their units. These are generally committed Christian supervisory personnel that believe they are doing the kids a favor. Over 96% of the complainants are themselves Christian but are told they are not “Christian enough” and need to be brought up to a more intense level of worship and obedience.”

Since MRFF is made up in great part by former military personnel , many of whom have combat experience, I can assure you that MRFF is very interested in vanquishing our enemies. We need to be careful, however, that we don’t stir those who are considered our allies up and just cause more problems for our troops like the Koran burning did.

The enemy may have declared Jihad on us but we do not consider this a holy war or crusade and that’s why we asked that the fighter squadron not have a Christian Crusader Cross and the name “Crusaders.”

We need and enjoy donations but they are used strictly for our efforts against religious dominance in the military. And we have quite a backbone too as we are up against some pretty tough customers who have decided that Dominionist Christianity is the state religion.

Who it would hurt if we favored Christianity in our operations is the approximately 22% of our armed forces who claim no regular faith or are Jews, Buddhists, Sikhs, Hindus, Pagans, Baha’I, Atheists, Wiccan, etc. They serve as proudly and well as any.

You see, (name withheld), America was founded as a pluralistic secular nation in which all religions may flourish but none dominate. Christianity’s majority has no more power under Constitutional Law than the least populated religion.

I think many people stand behind MRFF’s policies of fairness for all religions irrespective of their size or popularity.

Thanks again for writing. All views are welcome. You are invited to visit us at militaryreligiousfreedom.org where you can find out a whole lot more about MRFF’ important work.

Sincerely,

Rick Baker
MRFF