Meet the Military Man Battling Dangerous Christian Extremism in the Military
In his fight against British imperialism, Mahatma Gandhi described the life cycle of successful civil disobedience: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mikey Weinstein, the 55-year-old founder of the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), likes to quote it, knowing full well he’s crossed the line into a bloody-knuckle brawl. Over the past year, Weinstein and his organization have recorded a tremendous string of victories in the fight against Christian supremacists inside the armed forces.
I wish I could find the video about this guy and the Air Force Academy. It’s shocking that they would allow the evangelicals to proselytize to the cadets. The worst part of all of this, is these are the leaders of our military. If our military is to be diverse and accepting of all people, this is not the way to do it. I feel that our military should be religion free. Nothing divides people more than religion, and when they’re to be a strong fighting force to live and die for their country and each other, religion needs to be out of the picture. PERIOD!
I’m saying all this from experience.
