Military religious freedom
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Judging from the content of your message, I’d say you’re not doing too well. It appears you’re suffering from a severe case of anal/cranial fixation. We see a lot of that in messages from friends of yours. Makes it very hard to hear. Hard to think, too.
Mike Farrell
(MRFF Board of Advisors)
Dear Sir or Madam —Mikey has read your email and shared it with me, asking if I’d be interested in replying to your note. Normally, I don’t waste time with people who appear to be most interested in being nasty and seem disinterested in intelligent discourse. But I’ve got some time today, so I’ll reply to you anyway.You would do yourself a great service if you would learn more about the issues of Constitutional protections and Religious Freedom in the military. If you do, you will quickly see that every military member is entitled to those protections and that freedom…. and that means just what it says — every military member of every religious belief (including non-belief). Seems to me that over the past 30 or so years, some Christians in America have begun increasingly to believe that their particular beliefs should be given prominence and preference over all other beliefs. It baffles me as to why anyone would think such a thing — my guess is that those individuals don’t know what the US Constitution says and have not read much about what our founding generation had to say about religious freedom in America.Your assumptions about MRFF and about the good, honorable people who support its efforts are as wrong as they are insulting.MRFF is not anti-religion… we are pro-Constitution. If you want to see what an anti-religious, intolerant organization looks like, I suggest you turn your gaze to groups like the Liberty Institute, ACLJ, or FRC. There you will find groups that claim to be pro-religious freedom, but peel back the veneer and you will find they are really only pro-Christian… and in some cases, looking to push their particular religious beliefs further into our governmental, educational, and military institutions. Frankly, I have no issue with a group being pro-Christian, but I do take exception when they suggest that they are something else. You won’t find that sort of subterfuge at MRFF. Our mission is transparent and easily understood — we focus on the defense of all military members of all religious beliefs (again, including those honorable military members with no religious belief at all). So in my view, that makes MRFF one of the most pro-religious freedom groups in the country.Before I close, I should probably mention that I am neither a whore, atheist, liberal, or Democrat… nor am I intolerant. Rather, I am a lifelong, committed and active Christian, a graduate of the USAF Academy, and a former Air Force officer. I support MRFF because I understand that the religious freedom of military members of all conceivable beliefs must be protected, or everyone risks losing religious freedom (including Christians).Peace,Mike ChallmanChristian, AF veteran, MRFF supporter
Capt. USAF (Ret)
MRFF Volunteer
You fit the intolerant conservative mold to a Tee. Overbearing, accusative, insulting, inconsiderate, and, needless to say, ill informed and judgmental.
Whores only sell their bodies for money. Ultra-conservatives such as yourself sell their souls for the chance to destroy an honest and moderate Liberal thinker.
It is with genuine disgust that I write this to you with the faint hope that you will reexamine your position and try to rejoin the world of kind and considerate humans who
discuss their differences in a gentlemanly way.
Rick Baker
Capt (Ret) USAF
MRFF Volunteer
Needless to say I’m disappointed in your reply.
Your political stance contains all the inhuman facets typical of the Nazi Party. It becomes easier now to see why nearly an entire world population combined forces to defeat Hitler and the Nazi order.
I am hoping you will re-examine your far right political stance and understand that the world must head toward a moderate climate of government. Anything less than across the board fairness, racial and sexual equality, political parity and equal opportunity won’t cut it.
Rick
There was once a time when I was a Democrat. I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s and remember Truman and JFK and what they stood for and what they tried to do. But then came the mid-60’s and Vietnam (I was sent there twice in 1969 and 1970) and saw what Johnson and Nixon did first hand. I even voted for Carter in ’76, but then I woke up! Democrats don’t want a strong America! They want us to be “equal” and bow to the will of the U.N. and “play nice” with the rest of the world! That’s all well and good, but as you can see now, that’s not working too well! It’s not that we’re a weak country; it’s because we have very weak leaders, especially in the White House. The world is a much safer place with a strong United States of America that’s willing to take a stance and do what’s right and if that means taking military action against those who would destroy us and the rest of the world, then so be it!
I’m not nearly as far left as you would place me. I’m a confirmed Capitalist and believe in earning my money rather than being on a list of poor and non-productive people.
Where I differ from the conservatives is in their general gender discrimination and still active racial discrimination.
Conservatives are commonly very judgmental
and judge people on their weaknesses.Don’t forget Hitler and his sort were on the far right along with Mussolini, Tito and Franco.
Also I don’t believe equality is passed out like the soup kitchen. Equality must be earned but I believe unbiased bilateral opportunity must also exist and fair judgement applied.
Rick