 
Saturday, January 14, 2017
MRFF COVERED BY
USA TODAY NETWORK!
Friday, January 13, 2017
A Lie in Jesus' Name
Twice this week, folks forwarded me emails containing "urgent information." One sender warned me about a new movie that ridicules Christ. The other implored me to ignore notes carjackers are placing on cars in the dark of night. A quick Google search exposed both as "urban legends."
To most of us, these half-truths are annoyances, but for Michael "Mikey" Weinstein, they’re much worse.
Weinstein is the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) and his organization represents military members seeking freedom of religion and sometimes, even freedom from religion. Truthfully, the MRFF is a bit left for my taste, but you have to respect their six nominations for the Nobel
Peace Prize. [...]
Chaplain Norris Burkes:
Chaplain Burkes is a recently retired U.S. Air Force Combat
Hospital Chaplain. He is also a freelance columnist for 37 papers nationwide.
Please visit his web site at www.thechaplain.net for his availability to speak at your event. You can also read his past columns or order his books "Thriving Beyond Surviving", "No Small Miracles" or "Hero’s Highway.”
MRFF's Lawyer Donald G. Rehkopf, Jr.'s Response Directly Countering Flawed DoD/IG Letter Absolving Maj. Gen. Dondi Costin of Any Violation of Department of Defense or
Air Force Standards
Sent Friday, January 13, 2017
Typical Unsubstantiated Response to MRFF's Lawyer Donald G. Rehkopf, Jr. from DoD/IG Absolving Maj. Gen. Dondi Costin of Any Violation for Attendance and Benediction at a Chaplain Alliance for
Religious Liberty (CARL) Event in Uniform
Received Friday, January 13, 2017
Background on USAF Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Dondi Costin's Blatant Violation
Friday, November 11, 2016
DUE TO MRFF's DEMAND LETTER, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL REOPENS INVESTIGATION OF BLATANT CONSTITUTIONAL VIOLATION BY
MAJ. GEN. COSTIN
MRFF's Lawyer Donald G. Rehkopf, Jr. Sends MRFF's Demand Letter to Department of Defense Inspector General Over Maj. Gen. Costin's Clear Disregard for the Law
Demand Letter from MRFF's Lawyer Donald G. Rehkopf, Jr. to Department of Defense Inspector General Glenn A. Fine
Sent Wednesday, November 9, 2016
AIR FORCE TIMES FEATURES MRFF AS TOP HEADLINE ON HOMEPAGE
DoD IG takes a second look at complaint against the Air Force's
2-star chief of chaplains
Thursday, November 10, 2016
The Air Force Inspector General's Office has found that Maj. Gen. (Chaplain) Dondi Costin, the service's chief of chaplains, did not act improperly when he appeared in uniform at a July event sponsored by the Chaplain Alliance for Military Liberty.
But the matter may not end there as the Defense Department's IG takes a second look.
The two-star delivered the benediction July 12 at an event in which outgoing Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Va., was presented with the alliance's Torchbearer Award.
That caught the attention of Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, who demanded an investigation into the chaplain's actions by the Defense Department Office of the Inspector General. [...]
More Background on USAF Chief of Chaplains Maj. Gen. Dondi Costin's Blatant Violation
MRFF's SENIOR RESEARCH DIRECTOR CHRIS RODDA's LATEST OP-ED ON HUFFINGTON POST
Gay-Bashing Chaplain Endorsers Admit that the Military Chaplaincy is Disproportionately Anti-LGBT
In a 2011 article titled "Military chaplains are faith mismatch for personnel they serve," the St. Louis Post Dispatch noted: "While just 3 percent of the military's enlisted personnel and officers call themselves Southern Baptist, Pentecostal or a member of a denomination that's part of the National Association of Evangelicals, 33 percent of chaplains in the military are members of one of those groups." The article further predicted that this "disparity could soon widen." And widen it has.
Several months ago, I wrote about an event hosted by the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty (CARL), a coalition of fundamentalist Christian military chaplain endorsers. (Chaplain endorsers, formally called "Ecclesiastical Endorsing Agents," are the individuals who represent their religion or religious denomination to certify to the military that a chaplain of their religion or denomination meets the educational and other qualifications required to be a military chaplain. Without an endorsement from a government-approved chaplain endorser, a chaplain cannot serve in the military.) My reason for writing about that particular CARL event was to explain why the Air Force's chief of chaplains, Maj. Gen. Dondi Costin, was in violation of military regulations not only for attending this private organization's event in uniform, but actually participating in it and literally blessing the virulently anti-LGBT message of CARL and its member endorsers by delivering the event's closing benediction. [...]
ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS PUBLISHES MRFF ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER OP-ED
"Resolve & Reflect Moral Behavior
For the New Year"
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Human morality is composed of benevolent behavior actually lived – not having bewildering beliefs based on religious hearsay. Moral living requires hard work with effort, whereas accepting archaic religious claims requires only convenient conformance without effort. World philosophers beginning with Socrates have long maintained that morality is autonomous. In their words, we must do our moral thinking and living for ourselves.
World history confirms the three Abrahamic revealed religions preferred behavior over beliefs. Old Testament Judaism emphasized righteous behavior not right beliefs. Jesus of New Testament Christianity taught compassionate behavior not correct beliefs. Muhammad in the Islamic Quran commanded faithful behavior not false beliefs. [...]
(Note: The Detractor had no text in the email, only in the subject line.)
From: (name withheld)
Subject: "Miley" Weinstein is an Asshole
Date: January 8, 2017 at 9:27:16 PM PST
To: Mikey Weinstein
From: (name withheld)
Subject: Weinstein is a Jew wanker
Date: January 8, 2017 at 9:28:07 PM PST
To: Mikey Weinstein
From: (name withheld)
Subject: Hey Mikey....suck my bollocks you wanker Jew
Date: January 8, 2017 at 9:32:51 PM PST
To: Mikey Weinstein
From: (name withheld)
Subject: Asshole Jew
Date: January 8, 2017 at 9:35:04 PM PST
To: Mikey Weinstein
From: (name withheld)
Subject: Suck my schlong Mickey whinestein
Date: January 8, 2017 at 9:40:21 PM PST
To: Mikey Weinstein
Response to above detractor from Founder and President of MRFF Mikey Weinstein:
From: Mikey Weinstein ([email protected])
Subject: Re: Suck my schlong Mickey whinestein
Date: January 9, 2017 at 7:07:50 AM PST
To: (name withheld)
hahahahaha...seriously, little squirt, is THAT all ya got, sweetie??...hahahaha...I think I know why you don’t seem to like Jews too much, tiny sport...when you were 7 years old a little Jewish girl kicked your ass in front of the whole class so badly that you never got over it...there, there, little cupcake, go get some counseling, chump...
Response from MRFF Supporter:
On Jan 9, 2017, at 1:58 PM, (name withheld) wrote:
Dear (name withheld)
you seem to be obsessed with a sexual attraction to Mikey Weinstein. You would be well advised to look elsewhere for your sexual satisfaction.
Peace,
(name withheld)
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