Re: Band request for help to the MRFF “…Thank you to the MRFF for being there to help guide us as we fight this affront to the constitution and our own […] regulations”

Published On: June 23, 2022|Categories: MRFF's Inbox, Top News|3 Comments|
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Dear Mr. Mikey Weinstein and the MRFF,
A bunch of us saw the success you had yesterday in helping the 246th Army Band in South Carolina to avoid violating the constitution and the military regs by getting that Christian church event cancelled from their schedule. You have helped out 5 of our band members in the past so we keep an eye on your website and public releases.
Congratulations! 
We just wanted to say that we are in the (military service branch name withheld and band unit designation withheld) Band and are facing a very similar situation. Our Band Commander has told us that we are to supposed to perform in a Fourth of July ceremony at a nearby large evangelical church. That church is promoting the event as some sort of  “Celebration of the Founding of America as a Christian Nation” which is just unacceptable to most of us in the Band. 
It’s fine for that church to butcher American history if they want to but not for the (military service branch name withheld and band unit designation withheld) Band to help them do it.
We have a meeting scheduled this morning with our Band Commander to make it clear that we will not participate if he continues to insist that we do so. We are going to show him the news release from the MRFF about helping the 246th Army Band achieve its goal to not play at their Christian church event. As per the phone call we just had with you Mikey we would like to ask for the MRFF’s help if he refuses to cancel our Band’s participation in this unconstitutional event which also clearly violates (DOD and military branch regulation citations withheld).
Please give our best to our brother and sister Bandmates in the 246th Army Band as we try to do what they were just able to do.
And thank you to the MRFF for being there to help guide us as we fight this affront to the constitution and our own (military service branch name withheld) regulations. Please keep all of our identity information confidential at this point.
V/R
(Active Duty MRFF Clients’ names, ranks, titles and military branch unit designation and assigned installation all withheld)


Response from MRFF Supporter Stan Levin

Thanks to V/R and Bandmates!

I am pleased to opine that you had not left your brains behindwhen you joined the service ….I was a combat veteran of the Korean War.We did not have a champion the likes of Michael Weinsteinsupporting/protecting us from the majority “faith”in our particular  beliefs/disbeliefs/nonbeliefs.MRFF could have been helpful in one or more instances that I recall,one in particular that I settled with my fists.

Stan Levin

USN 1950-1954


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  1. A.L. Hern June 23, 2022 at 1:54 pm

    “It’s fine for that church to butcher American history if they want to but not for the (military service branch name withheld and band unit designation withheld) Band to help them do it.”

    No, it’s NOT fine, it’s merely legal. There’s a big difference.

  2. Ironmoped June 24, 2022 at 6:55 am

    Christian (in particular) and religious affiliation in the US is on the decline and the hatred on display in the MRFF’s inbox is just the “remnants” of an older generational “white panic” of a changing world that is coming to realize that their “God” stories in Cristian doctrine are not holding up to the values demanded by a changing world. Values that American Christians lay claim to but never uphold. Things like equality, opportunity, education, healthcare, civility, and a society that walks the walk! the younger generations are seeing through the inequities produced by Christianity and church affiliation is on a serious decline, which brings about the concerted effort to increase membership through the captive audience that is the military. And (thank God), that’s where the MRFF comes in! The MRFF is not out to destroy religion or your Christian values, on the contrary, it is protecting your values against all other religions that may encroach on your beliefs!
    Our military is an instrument of war and MUST be formed around a secular set of ideals to be effective. That set of ideals is encapsulated by our constitution and why we swear an oath to the constitution and not to God or Allah or Buddha, et al.
    The next time an invocation closes with “in Jesus’ name we pray,” ask yourself how you would feel if that same invocation closed with, “to the one true prophet Mohammed!”
    Every service member is free to worship whomever they please, without reservation, you just can’t insist on every other service member worshipping your choice of divine inspiration.
    The true measure of one’s character is not provided by a profession of faith, talk is cheap, but how do you treat those to the left and right of you! Your brothers and sisters in arms?

  3. A.L. Hern June 27, 2022 at 4:43 pm

    “It’s fine for that church to butcher American history if they want to but not for the (military service branch name withheld and band unit designation withheld) Band to help them do it.”

    It’s NOT fine for them to do it, it’s merely legal, which is a very different thing.

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