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WASHINGTON TIMES – 3-Part Feature on Mikey and MRFF

Published On: May 31, 2013|Categories: News|1 Comment|

Why do so many Americans love to hate secularism?

  • FLORIDA, May 29, 2013 — “My husband is a proud USMC sniper,” the message begins.“We and our children and all the real marines in our unit are proud Christians. We all walk our life in the Lord’s Word. This means that it is our number one job to bring the lost to the Word and Grace of our Savior. By all the means necessary. If we fail to do so all who do not find Christ will burn in the darkness of hell.“Mr. Mikey Wienstien has dedicated his earthly life to satan. To trying to stop marines and soldiers and the American forces from bringing the fallen world to Christ. And most of the world is fallen. Christ is the one and only way. This makes Mikey the number one enemy of the Savior. Mikey on tv. Mikey on the radio. Mikey in the magazines and newspapers and Mikey all over the internet. Mikey won’t stop defying Christ and persecuting his followers in the service.“But Mikey’s earthly life will end one day soon we pray. It is then he will pay. It’s then we will sing and smile. Our prayer circle on base is large and effective. Our prayer circle prayer is a dream of a world with no Mikey Wienstein in it…
  • This is just one of the emails sent to Mikey Weinstein, a retired Air Force prosecutor and former member of the Reagan Administration. He now heads the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an organization devoted to securing the religious liberties of our nation’s armed forces personnel. 
  • There is something repulsive unfolding across the fruited plains.
  • … this repulsive something is, in its rawest form, anger. It is the sort of anger which can easily be cultivated into a seething rage. Of course, rage needs a target. This is when time-tested scapegoats are chased by blood-hungry wolves, even if the poor goats have absolutely nothing to do with the original problem.
  • It seems like this anger has found a target for the time being: secularism. That should be none too surprising as religions, especially those of a fundamentalist bent, often gain traction during times of financial hardship. Anti-semitism also flares up during economic downturns, and when the massive inferiority complex associated with this meets theological radicalism, all hell can break loose.

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Asking Mikey Weinstein: Is America really a “Christian nation”?

FLORIDA, May 30, 2013 — Many people disapprove of the separation between church and state because they believe that America is a “Christian nation”. Very often, this idea is supported by the claim that our Founding Fathers drafted and ratified the Constitution on theological grounds. What can be said about this subject?

Some think that secularizing the military is a bad idea because they perceive it as having strong Christian-based traditions. What about this viewpoint? Is it true that the U.S. military is unduly influenced by fundamentalist Christianity?

Mikey Weinstein is a retired Air Force prosecutor and former member of the Reagan Administration. He now heads the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an organization devoted to securing the religious liberties of our nation’s armed forces personnel. Said devotion has brought much criticism to the MRFF’s doorstep. Today, it might be described as one of the most controversial players in American politics.

In this first part of our discussion, he answers the questions mentioned above.

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Asking Mikey Weinstein: Why are you so controversial?

FLORIDA, May 31, 2013 — Standing up for the separation between church and state has been Mikey Weinstein’s top priority at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. Currently, how does he believe that the religious liberty of military members is being infringed upon?

Despite being an Air Force veteran and staff member during the Reagan Administration, Weinstein has become an intensely controversial figure as of late. Does he know of any specific reason for this? What is the primary motivation for him to continue on with his work at the MRFF?

In this second part of our discussion, the founder and president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an organization devoted to securing the religious liberties of our nation’s armed forces personnel, answers these questions.

He also addresses some media criticism of his work.

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  1. Samuel Taylor June 3, 2013 at 9:59 pm

    There is a difference between forcing a person to convert to their religion (which is what many other religions do) and sharing a person’s belief’s with another (which is what Christians do, or are supposed to do). Every American, military or non-military, should have the “freedom of speech” which is granted in the 1st amendment to the constitution: to share their beliefs.
    Many people have used bad language and talked about things that I disagreed with. I have not tried to push in any way for their offensive language to be stopped although I might have wanted to.
    If you are fighting against forced conversions and forced proselytizing, that is one thing, but I understand that you are fighting to eliminate any military speech regarding faith. I understand that you do not want a military commander to give his subordinates information about military chaplain programs. You clearly have stated your desire for separation of church and state.
    The constitution requires that congress is not to make any law “respecting an establishment of religion of prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” This means there cannot be laws about religion. This means that the free exercise of religion must be allowed for every citizen. What is wrong with sharing what one believes? absolutely nothing.
    So please do not hurt our right to share our faith by our speech.
    respectfully,
    Sam Taylor

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