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In reply to the discussion: Christians in U.S. Military Serve Satan If They Tolerate Other Religions, Air Force Chaplain Says [View all]riversedge
(70,187 posts)41. **says the # of complaints have DOUBLED since trumps election!!...
.....MRFF founder Michael Weinstein, a retired Air Force officer, says the article is evidence of the trickle-down effect of President Donald Trump's relationship with the far fringes of the Christian right.
"Americas military members look to the president for direction and inspiration," Weinstein said. "Trumps statements and actions have fully endorsed and validated this unbridled tidal wave of fundamentalist Christian persecution, which is now more inextricably intertwined into the very fabric of our Department of Defense than ever before."
Earlier this year, the MRFF told Newsweek that the number of complaints it has received from servicemen and -women in the Army, Air Force, Marines and other branches has doubled since Trumps election.
Many of the recent charges are coming from members of minority religions, including Roman Catholics, Jews and Muslims, and from atheists. Among the complaints: military family and marital therapy programs are being infused with Protestant Christianity, which would violate the U.S. Constitution; open anti-Semitism; anti-LGBT statements, posters, symbols and bullying; openly anti-Muslim teachers and Islamophobic attacks; a rise in on-base evangelizing; and increased pressure on recruits or lower-level personnel and service members to convert to fundamentalist Christianity.
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Christians in U.S. Military Serve Satan If They Tolerate Other Religions, Air Force Chaplain Says [View all]
demmiblue
Sep 2017
OP
Captain Hernandez has broken his oath of office supporting the Constitution.
LudwigPastorius
Sep 2017
#15
The service members should chant in unison "Praise Satan" just to watch his head explode. nt
chowder66
Sep 2017
#16
Colorado Springs seems to be a hotbed of radical Christian churches.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Sep 2017
#36
there are wayyyyyy too many of these christofascist assholes in positions of authority
niyad
Sep 2017
#31
sharia lawish. a rose is a rose. flip side of the religion fundamentalists.
pansypoo53219
Sep 2017
#38
The fact that we, in a secular society, let people hold important government/military jobs...
FiveGoodMen
Sep 2017
#43
"Do you appeal to the Holy Scripture, or the US Constitution as an ultimate standard?"
dalton99a
Sep 2017
#56