By: ACLJ.org
Date: 8/29/2018

Once again, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) wants to keep God out of our military and is attacking anyone who professes his or her Christian faith.

Now MRFF is attacking a respected Air Force General, demanding he be investigated for expressing his Christian faith.

Recently we told you how MRFF filed a formal complaint to the U.S. Navy because a Bible and a bi-lingual placard explaining its significance were part of a POW/MIA Display at the Marine Corps Base Camp Butler in Okinawa, Japan.

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By: Don Hinkle | The Pathway
Date: 8/28/2018

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Mikey Weinstein, MRFF's founder and president, has equated the gospel in the military to Islamic jihadism. He said sharing one's faith in Christ while in uniform is a plot to create "a systemic hostile takeover of the U.S. military by lunatic, fundamentalist Christians." He has labelled [sic] Christian military members as a "cabal of deranged end-time warriors."

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By: John Compere
Date: 8/29/18

"THE PRESS IS NOT THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE"

The US Senate unanimously passed a resolution on August 16 affirming "the press is not the enemy of the people" and condemning "attacks on the institution of the free press" – a direct refutation of the pernicious president’s contemptible claim the press is "the enemy of the people" .

The US President’s sworn oath includes "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution". The Constitution prohibits lawfully "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press".

"Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing the Freeness of Speech." (Benjamin Franklin, 1722).

"Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost." (Thomas Jefferson, 1786).

"The freedom of the Press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments." (James Madison, 1789).

"In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors." (US Supreme Court, New York Times v. United States, 403 US 713, 1971).

"Freedom of the Press is one of our most important freedoms and also one of our oldest." (Ronald Reagan, 1985).

"If you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free – and many times adversarial – press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time – that’s how dictators get started. The first thing dictators do is shut down the press." (John McCain, 2017 – who the draft dodging president disparagingly denied was an American military hero).

Brigadier General John Compere, US Army (Retired)
Disabled American Veteran (Vietnam)
Military Religious Freedom Foundation Advisory Board Member

From: (name withheld)
Date: August 29, 2018
To: MRFF
Subject: One Day You Will Stand Before The God...

One day you will stand before the God you say doesn't exist.
"The fool says in his heart there is no God" Psalm 14:1

Response by MRFF Advisory Board Member Mike Farrell

Hi (name withheld),

Mikey is confused by your message and hopes I can help clear it up. I'm afraid I don't understand it either, so perhaps you’ll be kind enough to help both of us.

The fact that you quote the Bible suggests you're a religious man. Because you quote from the Old Testament I'm not sure if you’re Jewish or Christian, but either way it appears the wisdom of the Bible brings you comfort, which we both appreciate.

That having been said, it appears to me your message has to be understood as a judgment, or perhaps I should say a mis-judgment, and I'm wondering why a thoughtful, believing person such as yourself would leap to the assumption conveyed in your message.

I do know that a great deal of misinformation gets circulated these days, some of it quite ridiculous and too much of it slanderous, but one expects thoughtful people to take care about things of such significance.

If you can help us better understand how and why such a painful and thoughtless assertion came from a believer such as yourself, it would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks.

Mike Farrell

(MRFF Board of Advisors)