MRFF Demands Air Force Base Gate Guards Immediately Cease Wearing “In God We Trust” Tab on Uniform
From: (name withheld)
Subject: MRFF Demands Air Force Base Gate Guards Immediately Cease Wearing “In God We Trust” Tab on Uniform
Date: December 19, 2022 at 5:27:44 PM MST
To: Michael L Weinstein <[email protected]>
Thanks so much Mikey and team for such swift action.
I have been concerned that as a society we are not very good at calling out balls and strikes, therefore allowing violations of protocols and civility to be normalized. It seems that more and more in this political environment; that we have to stand up fast and loud when we see something that we know is not right. In the case of religion being allowed to invade our military, I recall an observation I made while being deployed to the Middle East. I am a psychiatric nurse and had the privilege of working in the detainment facility. I came to understand that the detainees there were much like us, but the one difference was that their allegiance was for their tribe, not for their country. They explained to me that their government did not have any compunction or responsibility for the care of the regular citizen and therefore the onus fell to their tribe of affiliation. It then followed that getting the society to act as a unit was like herding cats as there was no unity as a citizenry. They did not think of themselves as citizens of their country, they identified with their tribe. Their tribes were based in their religion, and therefore their religious affiliation was a part of their identity that separated them from another tribe.
This observation about the government in this decaying country made me think about my own country. I asked myself, what has made America such a strong democracy? Pondering on this question led me to the following conclusion: it was the profound revelation of our Founding Fathers to ensure division between Church and State. Without having a legal boundary, so many countries in history have risen to then fall when division has been sown in the ranks of those elected or appointed by something as simple as a personal choice known as ‘religion’. Religious choice should only affect the person holding that belief, but down through the ages, example after example has demonstrated it is this ONE tenet of society that has caused the most conflict and therefore lead to the fall of nations and civilizations.
At that time, I thought to myself, at least my country, the United States of America, is impervious to strife because our Constitution; in its brilliance; foresaw the problems that could befall a nation. Our forefathers, in writing this founding document; ensured the success of our nation with guidelines and rules that seemed to have an answer to all the potential pitfalls of the flaws of man .
In the last few years, my American smugness has come home to roost as they say; as America is being insidiously besieged by division, much of which has its seeds in ‘religion’. I see how important it is to stand up and educate about the importance of the Separation of Church and State due to my observations of how a country can so easily fall into decay if religion is allowed to dictate the direction and laws. Our military represents our Constitution, and therefore any religious affiliation of our military has no place in a representative democracy. The extremism of ISIS seemed outlandish when we first heard their brutality that was sanctioned by their dogma, but I now realize that it is not far from what we could see in our country if religion is allowed to be weaponized in the same manner.
Thank you so MRFF for standing in the breech!
(name withheld)
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IN GOD WE TRUST, WE ARE A CRISTIAN NATION FOUNDED ON THOSE PRINCIPLES, MADE THE GREATEST NATION TO HAVE EXISTED THANKS TO THAT TRUST IN GOD AND JESUS, AND JUST SEE THE CRUMBLING OF AMERICA THANKS TO ALLOWING THE MULLAHS AND YIDS TO TELL US WE CANT SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OR WEAR IN GOD WE TRUST ANYMORE IN THE COUNTRY CHRISTIANS FOUNDED, DISGUSTING LIBERALS.
“WE ARE A CRISTIAN NATION FOUNDED ON THOSE PRINCIPLES”
Which specifically Christian principles was America supposedly founded on?
How does the fact that the people who created the U.S.A. were religious make it acceptable for government to violate the Constitution by promoting religion?
More specific to the above article: why is it acceptable for on-duty military people to violate Air Force Instruction (AFI) 1-1, Section 2.12, which states:
2.12. Balance of Free Exercise of Religion and Establishment Clause. Leaders at all levels must balance constitutional protections for their own free exercise of religion, including individual expressions of religious beliefs, and the constitutional prohibition against governmental establishment of religion. They must ensure their words and actions cannot reasonably be construed to be officially endorsing or disapproving of, or extending preferential treatment for any faith, belief, or absence of belief.
Who has told you that you “CANT SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE” ?
Who has told you that you “CANT WEAR IN GOD WE TRUST” when not in public as a representative of a government organization?
Oyvey, you PoS (pun intended). Our nation was NOT founded on Christian principles and was never to be a Christian nation. That’s why we have the 1st amendment and our founding fathers were deists, not Christians. I wish people would stop this crap and lean what we are really all about as a nation.
Right. When I was in, this crap wasn’t allowed on base, to include political stickers on your car. Yet, in 2020, I saw a truck with a big ass 45 flag flying from the back of the truck. It’s a real shame that this behavior is allowed.
Oyvey,,, pertains to, dismay grief and is also used in anti-semitic content and other derogatory jewish stereotypes.
Goyim,,, is a term used by jewish people for a non jewish person..
Put them together, Oyvey Goyim and it means a person who is anti semitic and not jewish.
So by this definition,, it pertains to a,, KKK white supremacist normally German, who hates jews and blacks, and browns and so on and so on.
Mikey should really monitor these hate filled indivables or block them from his site. Permanently..
“MADE THE GREATEST NATION TO HAVE EXISTED THANKS TO THAT TRUST IN GOD AND JESUS,” – really? The greatest nation to ever have existed?
Look no further than prisons in the US if you want to see the true civility of this writer’s Christian-made nation! This gun-totin, shoot-up-school-children nation Christians have built? The nation where you can get killed shopping in Walmart, or attending a concert, or a movie, or a church, or an elementary school?
Yeah, some nation you Christians are taking credit for having built – with the help of your God! You know, the all powerful being that stands by and watches it happen?
Remember, the next shooting and mass murder to happen – and it will happen – “thoughts and prayers”!
One of the most significant indelible memories school children will take away from their “educational experience” in America is their “active shooter training!”
focus on changing the national currency vs uniforms.
where were you defending religious exemptions getting turned down for the vaccine mandate and no due process for the military member?
Why are the few allowed to make decisions for ALL of us respectfully demand that you with draw your objections to the painting of Jesus Christ because the withdrawal offends my right to religious freedom. if the painting offends you just don’t look at it.
Marian: your religious freedom ends where the religious freedom of others begins. No right is unlimited. This case isn’t a matter of a minority dictating to the majority. It is a matter of preserving religious freedom for all by enforcing the establishment clause in the constitution. If you don’t like freedom of religion you can always move to Iran or Saudi Arabia.