Friday, April 7, 2017
MIKEY's LATEST OP-ED ON
HUFFINGTON POST & DAILY KOS
Christian Zealots Spew Hate
at Gay USAF Academy
Commandant Nominee
Thursday, April 6th, 2017
The LGBTQ directed hate and discrimination from the Dominionist Evangelical Christians is nothing new, and nowhere more currently glaringly obvious than in the raging discourse and vomiting of vitriol around the nomination of Col., now Brig. Gen. (S). Kristin Goodwin to be the commandant of cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA). [...]
MRFF's SENIOR RESEARCH DIRECTOR CHRIS RODDA ON HUFFINGTON POST & DAILY KOS
"Christian Fighter Pilot" Jonathan Dowty Accuses First Lesbian
Air Force Academy
Commandant of Being a Liar
Monday, March 27, 2017
In a new post on his "Christian Fighter Pilot" blog titled "BGen Kristin Goodwin and the USAFA Honor Code," Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Dowty has accused BGen (Select) Goodwin, who has been nominated to be the Air Force Academy's next commandant of cadets, of being a liar. Dowty's basis for this accusation? Goodwin graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1993, but the policy of "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) wasn't implemented until 1994. Therefore, according to LtCol Dowty, Goodwin, who is a lesbian, must have lied about her sexual orientation in order to join the Air Force, asking in his blog post: "How did Col Goodwin — an open homosexual — enter the Air Force without lying?"
So who is LtCol Jonathan Dowty, and why does what he writes on his "Christian Fighter Pilot" blog matter? As for the first part of that question — who is LtCol Jonathan Dowty? — MRFF has been busy fielding questions about that since Dowty's post about BGen(S) Goodwin came out, with some emails putting it as bluntly as asking: "Who is this Dowty asshole?" [...]
MORE MEDIA COVERAGE
RE: BRIG. GEN. (SELECT)
KRISTIN E. GOODWIN
We receive an enormous amount of emails at the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, both from our supporters and detractors.
Through "MRFF's Inbox", we share some of these emails with you.
"extreme Christian Groups"
On Apr 5, 2017, at 10:02 AM, (name withheld) wrote:
I would like you to name the extreme Christian groups that have threatened Micky, Until you do I will believe it it true.
(name withheld)
Response from MRFF Founder & President Mikey Weinstein
From: Mikey Weinstein
Date: April 5, 2017 at 10:15:41 AM MDT
To: (name wittheld)
Subject: Re: extreme Christian Groups
Hi there Mark... By what you wrote it seems, according to the last sentence, that you already believe it is true?... maybe you should take a little more care in reviewing what you send out to people to make sure it makes sense, sport?... So please stop bothering us as we are very busy fighting fascistic fundamentalist Christian extremist organizations who have massively become inextricably intertwined with the technologically most lethal organization ever created by our human species; the United States military...you might also make sure to check the spelling of my name; it is Mikey...... And not the erroneous way you spelled it...
"thanks for the IG complaint against LtC Dowty and his blog"
From: (name withheld)
Subject: thanks for the IG complaint against LtC Dowty and his blog
Date: April 5, 2017 at 3:54:08 PM MDT
To: Mikey Weinstein
Seriously. Thank you. Don’t let go of this.
(name withheld)
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