FEATURED INBOX POSTING – Apology From Our Company Commander

MRFF and Attorney Mikey Weinstein,

Last Friday 26 June 15 our Company Commander started yet another official meeting off with having all of us on his staff bow our heads in prayer ending with “in the name of our Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ”. Many of us on staff were angered by this.

After talking to Mikey last month about this I followed his advice and asked to speak to (Company Commander’s name and rank withheld) via his “open door policy.” I respectfully told him that what he was doing was not only offensive to many on his staff but also wrong. And I cited the provisions Mikey told me to cite. (Company Commander’s name and rank withheld) told me that he was very offended that I was offended by “a simple prayer acknowledging the Son of the Creator of the universe”. He got even madder at me and I wasn’t sure how to respond after he dismissed me from his office.

I called Mikey and Mikey called (Company Commander’s name and rank withheld)’s own commander. Mikey told me that he spoke to him for about 6 minutes registering my and my battle buddies complaints.

Today we had another official meeting called by (Company Commander’s name and rank withheld) and he apologized to me and the whole staff for requiring us to participate in the Christian prayers at his staff meetings. He said it won’t ever happen again. It is clear that he had been taken to task based on the call Mikey had with his own Commander.

And in case anyone wants to know I am a Methodist myself but I know wrong when I see it.

MRFF thank you for helping me and all of us in (Army combat unit designation withheld). If anything more happens out of all of this we know who to call.

(Active Duty U.S. Army NCO’s name, rank, MOS, combat unit and installation withheld)