MRFF’s Efforts on Behalf of Veterans

2007 – MRFF Gets Jewish Navy Veteran who was Aggressively Proselytized and Denied Proper Medical Care at Iowa City VA Medical Center Due to his Religion Moved to Different VA Facility for Treatment 

July 2011 – MRFF and Veterans for Common Sense Take a Stand, Send Letter in Support of Religious Freedom Policies at Houston VA Cemetery

February 2016 – New Testament Bible Removed from Akron, OH VA POW/MIA Table

April 2016 – New Testament Bible Removed from Youngstown, OH VA POW/MIA Table

April 2016 – New Testament Bible Removed from Houston, TX VA POW/MIA Table

April 2016 – New Testament Bible Removed from Tobyhanna, PA VA POW/MIA Table

October 2016 – MRFF Commends Yet Another VA Medical Center for Prompt New Testament Bible Removal from Mental Health Clinic

October 2016 – MRFF Action Leads to Immediate Apology from Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ Regarding Unconstitutional Distribution of Sectarian Religious Text at Federal Facility

September 2017 – MRFF Wins Twice in One Day! Secures Tour De Force Victories at Pentagon and Phoenix VA Hospital

November 2017 – MRFF Victory! Denver VA Medical Center Promptly Removes Unconstitutional Bible From “Missing Man Table!”

July 2019 – MRFF Demands That Dallas VA Medical Center Stop Exclusively Promoting Christianity

September 2019 – MRFF Supports Hindus Seeking to Display Bhagavad-Gita on POW/MIA Table at Manchester VA Medical Center (Click here for full, ongoing story of MRFF’s battle to get Bible removed at Manchester VA Medical Center )

September 2019 – MRFF Battles on Two Fronts: Religious Bigotry INTENSIFIES at VA Medical Centers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire

June 2020 – VA Finally Surrenders to MRFF’s Demand! Swastika Headstones Will Be Removed! ABC7 WJLA TV News Breaks Story!

June 2020 – Jewish War Veterans National Commander Praises Mikey Weinstein as “Boat Rocker” for Getting VA to Remove Swastika Headstones

March 2021 – SUCCESS! MRFF Client Grateful VA Medical Center Wi-Fi No Longer Blocking “Alternative Beliefs” Websites

March 2022 – Christian Bibles Removed Within 24 Hrs Due to MRFF’s Efforts from Easter Display at Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM

August 2022 – MRFF Gets Swift Justice and Life-Saving Healthcare for Veteran Retaliated Against for Objecting to Proselytizing by VA Doctor

August 2022 – MRFF Gets Second Complaint About Same VA Doctor Who Cut Off Care to Veteran Who Objected to Religious Proselytizing – This Time It’s Political

August 2022 – MRFF legal counsel sends “cease and desist” letter to Phoenix VA and VA Chief of Staff demanding that Phoenix VA doctor stop his MAGA political proselytizing to veteran patients, citing blatant violation of the Hatch Act

October 2022 – Veteran Praises MRFF’s Fast Response Regarding Our Battle Against Christians-Only Book Displays at VA Medical Center “Patriot Stores”

October 2022 – MRFF Files Lawsuit Against VA For Failure to Respond to FOIA Request Regarding Christians-Only Book Displays in VA Patriot Stores

March 2023 – MRFF Demanded That Great Big Christian Cross Be Removed From Austin VA Clinic Lobby — In Under 90 Minutes It Was Gone!!!

July 2023 – MRFF VICTORY!!! Offensive Basket of Christian Proselytizing Items Next to VA Clinic’s Check-in Counter Removed in Under 24 hours! 

August 2023 – Demand by MRFF and Our USAF Vet Client Results in Wilkes-Barre VA Center Doing the Right Thing By Removing Bible From POW-MIA Table

November 2023 – MRFF Victory!!! Christian Bibles will be Replaced by Blank Journals on POW/MIA Tables at ALL Lexington, Kentucky, VA Facilities After Demand from MRFF

January 2024 – MRFF VICTORY!!! Enormous Bible Removed from Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center POW/MIA Table Less Than 24 Hours After MRFF’s Demand to Director!

January 2024 – MRFF Victory!!! “Not Today, Satan, Not Today” Sign Removed from VBA Supervisor’s Desk After MRFF Action

April 2024 – Outrageous Christian Proselytizing “Easter Tree” and “He is Risen” Signs Removed from VA Medical Center Lobby After MRFF Demand

July 2024 – MRFF Demands Removal of Bible and Christian Nationalist Poster Created by U.S. Navy Historian from Buffalo VAMC POW/MIA Table Display

December 2024 – Within the Hour of MRFF’s Demand on Behalf of Jewish Veteran Clients, East Orange NJ VA Medical Center Confirmed Menorah Display Will Be Correctly Illuminated!

March 2025 – Bold MRFF Volunteer & VA Employee is MRFF’s Lodestar for Resistance by Trashing Christian Nationalist Brochures at Large VA Facility!