*MRFF’s Constitutional civil-rights battle for separation of church and state in the U.S military faces vicious opposition from fundamentalist evangelical Christian dominionists hell-bent on ensuring military chaplains function as “government paid missionaries” (click link to see MRFF’s video on this topic). This archaic, crusader like mentality is, by far, the greatest threat America faces today. The following ridiculous quotes currently appear on the Southern Baptists’ Chaplaincy Home Page:
“Every chaplain is a missionary in uniform, and an evangelist at large, called to share the gospel where few missionaries can go.”
“Today Southern Baptist chaplains continue carrying the Gospel into places where the church cannot go…”
The terrifying prospect of a powerful minority group of fundamentalists using our country’s military might as a force for evangelism IS a clear and present danger. MRFF fights against this insidious threat and protects servicemembers from religious bigotry and forced evangelism within America’s Armed Forces daily, but we fear should such an ideology gain a stronger foothold abroad, our country faces igniting wars and unleashing medieval chaos under the guise of doing God’s work.
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On December 21st, 2017, a MRFF asset sent Mikey the following email:
From: MRFF Asset/Former Senior Military Christian Chaplain
Subject: “Every chaplain is a missionary in uniform…”
Date: December 21, 2017 at 5:10:10 PM MST
To: “‘Mikey Weinstein'”
Cc: xxxxxxxxxxxx
It is estimated that between 18 and 20 percent of all military chaplains are Southern Baptist (even though only 3 percent of all personnel are Southern Baptist). It is further often-stated that another 60 some percent are some other brand of Evangelical clergy. But as these clergy have sworn to support the Constitution, and especially focus on the First Amendment where they agree to “Perform or Provide for the Free Exercise of Religion” of all people, to the best of their ability. Faith group membership and credentialing of these chaplains really should not matter, in general. A chaplain is a chaplain is a chaplain. Right? Well, not quite.
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