In The Name Of The Constitution: Military Dad Fights Religious Right

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In The Name Of The Constitution: Military Dad Fights Religious Right
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
By Nathan Diebenow, Associate Editor

Interview With
Michael L. Weinstein,
Founder Of Military Religious Freedom Foundation

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — If you ever find Michael L. "Mikey" Weinstein pissed off, it could be for only a handful of reasons.

But the one thing that really gets his goat is when people using the institutions of government attempt to impose a religious world view on the general population.

That kind of abuse of the U.S. Constitution doesn’t sit well with this former assistant general counsel to President Ronald Reagan.

In fact, after he discovered the religious abuse inflicted on his cadet sons at his alma mater, the United States Air Force Academy, Weinstein fought back using any legal means available to him.

So committed is he in his mission to protect religious freedom of men and women serving in the U.S. armed forces, he quit his post as formerly General Counsel for H. Ross Perot and Perot Systems Corporation.

Since last March, he has devoted his full time with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), a grassroots organization he founded a year ago.

In his fight, Weinstein has employed his skills and experience as a Judge Advocate General (JAG) in the United States Air Force and the Air Force’s first Chief of Telecommunications and Information Systems Procurement Law.

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1. Leadership through spirituality

That was the headlines on the margue as I drove into Lackland AFB last month delivering some goods.. I had heard the above story but this headline actually confirmed it.. What the heck is going on in the Air Force??

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2. Part of a craftily laid master plan by religious zealots

Yes, let christian warriors get control of Air Force assets. And, like terrorists in the middle east, the religious zealots in our country are very patient as well. They care not about the constitution, they want to replace it. My best to Mikey and his mission.

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3. My husband (Air Force officer) has been having the same crazy

experiences. Just last week he sat through a promotion ceremony where some of the folks involved brought their (non-chaplain) ministers to speak, so he ended up sitting through a sermon. He knows that something has gone terribly wrong in the AF in terms of pushing the Christian stuff, and he is very uncomfortable with it. It's more of an officer thing--enlisted guys are pretty normal.