Fellow 1977 USAFA grad and “passionate loyalist to the constitution” shares his “Thoughts on my Air Force Academy Classmate Mikey Weinstein”

From: (1977 Air Force Academy grad’s name withheld)
Subject: Thoughts on my Air Force Academy Classmate Mikey Weinstein
Date: August 25, 2024 at 1:29:43 PM MDT
To: Mikey Weinstein <[email protected]>

My name is (name withheld).  I’m also a 1977 graduate of USAFA.  I knew of Mikey Weinstein, but did not know him personally while we attended USAFA.  I’m not sure how or when I became aware of Mikey and his MRFF.  But as a passionate loyalist to the constitution, his enemy became my enemy. 

I’m grateful for your creation and leadership of the MRFF, Mikey, in this battle against Christian nationalistic intrusion into our military. 

That some Americans would righteously subordinate their loyalty to the foundation of our country for a religious belief and movement profoundly alarms and disturbs me.  The founding fathers intentionally, expressly wrote the First Amendment to the Constitution to protect their/our new country from the religious strife Europe suffered.  Ever heard of people burned at the stake during the Reformation and similar religious wars in Europe?  They were executed for their not-approved-by-government religious beliefs. The Crusades?  That was a long, long, (nearly 300 years) bloody Christian vs Islam religious war conducted by Christian-influenced secular governments. Did it settle anything?  Did Christianity’s god or Islam’s god triumphantly settle the “which god is better question?”  NO!  I’d say that question is better answered individually and not by government or by force.  Religion polluted and still pollutes secular politics!  Mikey clearly saw the threat and experienced– still experiences fierce push-back from the Fundamental Christian Nationalists. 

I worry about a looming Christian theocracy though everyone in that movement and politics would deny/deflect/distract/deceive/disguise their intentions.  What if some other organized religion undertook to undermine our constitution and install their religion as a theocracy?  Would we respond differently?  Would we rise up and resist that movement?  For what reason would we not resist today’s Christian theocracy threat? 

Billionaires who give credit to their Christian god for their material wealth in this life, should, in my opinion, check their assumptions.  Some of those Christian billionaires give a lot of money to political campaigns, which is another , in my opinion, intrusion of religion into our politics. 

Our national Politics addresses questions of distributing power and money.  Let’s take religion out of play!  We all want pretty much the same things in life: safety, freedom, opportunity, freedom.  A theocracy would impose another set of values on our country.  “Am I giving sufficient respect to somebody else’s deity?”  I know, for myself, that I’m not interested in worrying about that!  

Thanks to Mikey and the whole of the MRFF staffers located both throughout the U.S. and the world for fighting around the clock to stop unconstitutional Christian nationalism in our armed forces.