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MRFF’s Mikey Weinstein Interviewed on the Threat of Christian Nationalism in Our United States Military at “The Humanist”

2024-12-08

Publisher: In-Sight Publishing

Publisher Founding: September 1, 2014

Publisher Location: Fort Langley, Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada

Publication: Freethought Newswire

Original Link: research@militaryreligiousfreedom.org

Publication Date: November 4, 2024

Organization: Military Religious Freedom Foundation

Organization Description: The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) is dedicated to ensuring that all members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the Constitutional guarantee of religious freedom to which they and all Americans are entitled by virtue of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Over 89,000 active duty, veteran, and civilian personnel of the United States Armed Forces, including individuals involved in High School JROTC around the nation, have come to our foundation for redress and assistance in resolving or alerting the public to their civil rights grievances, with hundreds more contacting MRFF each day. 95% of them are Christians themselves.

Monday Evening, November 4, 2024
MRFF’S MIKEY WEINSTEIN INTERVIEWED ON THE THREAT OF CHRISTIAN NATIONALISMIN OUR UNITED STATES MILITARYAT “THE HUMANIST”
“Our biggest concern is that we were the first organization to sound the alarm on what eventually became known as Christian Nationalism. We’ve been addressing it since the early 2000s.
“For many years, people accused us of wearing tinfoil hats. But here we are now. We first identified this threat in the early 2000s and are now in our 21st year of fighting it.”
— Excerpt from Interview
MIKEY WEINSTEIN INTERVIEWED AT“THE HUMANIST”

Founder of Military Religious Freedom Foundationon Christian Nationalism
By: Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Monday, November 4, 2024

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, we’re back again with Mikey Weinstein. We’re in the final stretch of the federal election season in the United States. What are the main concerns coming your way? What issues are you identifying outside of those directly affecting your constituencies during this election? First, we are a 501(c)(3), so we can’t tell anyone how to vote, but we can certainly discuss the issues involved here.
Mike Weinstein: If anyone has read Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, with its dystopian portrayal of a Christian Nationalist United States, that offers a striking example of what we’re trying to prevent. It’s a simple question to answer, Scott. Our biggest concern is that we were the first organization to sound the alarm on what eventually became known as Christian Nationalism. We’ve been addressing it since the early 2000s.
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Click to read entire interview at TheHumanist.com
Previous MRFF Coverage by “The Humanist”
May 7, 2015 – MRFF & AHA join forces in court vs. unconstitutional Bladensburg “Peace Cross”: Why We Sued Bladensburg, MD Over a 40-Foot Cross
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“A Note of Appreciation”
From: A Long Time MRFF Supporter and DonorSubjectA note of appreciationDate: November 4, 2024 at 9:54:45 AM MST
Mikey,
Thinking of you on the eve of this critical election. Just a quick note to say I sincerely appreciate the relentless hard work and determined effort that you, your staff, and family put in every day to keep not only individuals who serve in our military safe, but our nation and the world as well.
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