Within two hours and fifteen minutes of the publication of MRFF's demand that the Air Force Academy either remove the link to the Christian evangelizing Twitter account of football coach Steed Lobotzke from the "Social Media" page on the official Air Force Academy athletics website, or prominently post a disclaimer on this official Academy website. The disclaimer was to have made it absolutely clear that the opinions expressed on the "personal" Twitter pages of any coach at the Academy are the personal opinions of the coaches and not those of the Academy, the Air Force, or the Department of Defense.

The Academy opted for a third solution, they deleted the entire "Social Media" page from their official athletics website!

MRFF represents 3 USAFA football players and 5 members of USAFA's athletic department in this horrendous debacle.

Mikey's Demand Letter Sent to USAFA Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson Regarding USAFA's Absurd Decision Concerning USAFA Football Coach's Christian Evangelizing via Twitter

UPDATE: After we pointed out that links to coaches' Twitter accounts were still available on the Air Force Academy's websites at 9:09 a.m. today, we asked the academy about that. We just received this message at 1:52 p.m. from the academy, "The links are no longer there."

ORIGINAL POST 12:29 PM, MONDAY, DEC. 12, 2016

After waiting for a week for a response from the Air Force Academy about why a football coach is using academy images and proselytizing comments in his Twitter account, the academy said it had removed from its website links to the athletic staff's Twitter handles. [...]

DON'T COUNT YOUR TWEETS...

THE PRESS HEADLINES BELOW PUBLISHED BEFORE MRFF's VICTORY TODAY!

The U.S. Air Force Academy said one of its football coaches did not violate school or Air Force policy when he posted Bible verses on his personal Twitter account.

Steed Lobotzke, in his second season as the Falcons' tight-end coach, came under fire from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation on Dec. 2 after the advocacy group targeted Lobotzke's tweets for championing his Christian beliefs.

[...]

For Mikey Weinstein, the founder and president of the foundation, the disclaimer on Lobotzke's bio does not end the issue.

"My response is that this is complete and utter bulls--- and there will be a lot more to come on this," he said in a response to the Colorado Springs Independent's IndyBlog, later reposted to the foundation's website. [...]

The Air Force Academy has determined a football assistant coach tweeting out Bible verses from his personal account is not in violation of any law or rule, despite howling from an anti-religious military group.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), run by Mikey Weinstein, loudly complained after Steed Lobotzke shared Bible verses on Twitter, The Gazette reports.

Lobotzke’s Twitter bio states that he’s a “Follower of Christ,” but it also explicitly states that his tweets from the account @CoachLobotzke are his own views.

In one example, Lobotzke tweeted out a Bible verse from John 3:3. [...]

The Air Force Academy says Bible verses shared on social media by a football assistant coach were done so on a personal account and therefore not a violation of policy or law.

The Academy was responding to a request from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation to investigate what it called "Christian evangelizing via twitter, blatantly defying Air Force regulations."

The MRFF strongly disagreed that an account can be considered private simply by using a disclaimer. [...]

On Dec 12, 2016, at 6:14 PM, (name withheld) wrote:

Just curious, Does Mr. Weinstein go after muslims who want to wear a burka in the Military? Mr. Weinstein and others in
your horseshit organization are horrible,rotten,evil bastards. The MRF,SPLC, and ACLU are the alphabet soup of scumbag
Anti-American,Anti-Christian,Communist pieces of excrement. But during this joyous season I would just like to spread some Holiday Cheer and wish you all A VERY MARRY CHRISTMAS. Now you can crawl back into your safe space and let the rest of us celebrate.

Mikey Weinstein's response to the above email:

From: Mikey
Subject: Re: WTF?
Date: December 12, 2016 at 6:18:28 PM MST
To: (name withheld)

hi there, sport...actually it's spelled "MERRY" not "MARRY", sugar.....please don't give up on trying for that G.E.D., chump......also, maybe invest on buying "Hooked on Phonics"??...your lack of quality education is breathtaking!! :( ...hey, I think you're late for a book burning aren't you, jack??!!....Mikey Weinstein.....Pres. and Founder, MRFF