Re: MRRF advocating "military" religion

Bill Flett <[email protected]> Mon, 31 May 2021 08:09:52 -0700
Newsgroups alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.comedy
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 5/31/2021 7:54 AM, Kurt Nicklas wrote:
> On Sun, 30 May 2021 20:03:35 -0700, Rudy Canoza <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/30/2021 7:23 PM, Mitchell Holman wrote:
>>> David Hartung <[email protected]> wrote in
>>> news:[email protected]:
>>>
>>>> On 5/30/21 2:25 PM, Rudy Canoza wrote:
>>>>> On 5/30/2021 6:35 AM, David Hartung wrote:
>>>>>> This is at the tome of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation
>>>>>> website:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "When one proudly dons a U.S. Military Uniform, there is only one
>>>>>> religious symbol: The U.S. Flag. There is only one religious
>>>>>> scripture: the American Constitution. Finally, there is only one
>>>>>> faith: American patriotism."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It would seem that they are int he business of destroying the First
>>>>>> Amendment, rather than defending it.
>>>>>
>>>>> No, that's exactly wrong.
>>>>>
>>>>>       The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is dedicated to
>>>>>    ensuring
>>>>> that all
>>>>>       members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the
>>>>> Constitutional
>>>>>       guarantees of religious freedom to which they and all Americans
>>>>>    are
>>>>> entitled
>>>>>       by virtue of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.
>>>>>
>>>>>       MRFF recognizes that military life requires individual
>>>>>    adherence to
>>>>> shared
>>>>>       patriotic principles. MRFF also recognizes the need for
>>>>>    military
>>>>> personnel to
>>>>>       at times temporarily relinquish some Constitutionally granted
>>>>>    personal    freedoms for the sake of military discipline and
>>>>>    objectives.
>>>>>
>>>>>       However, MRFF believes that religious faith is a
>>>>>    Constitutionally
>>>>> guaranteed
>>>>>       freedom that must never be compromised, except in the most
>>>>>    limited of    military circumstances, because of its fundamental
>>>>>    importance to the    preservation of the American nation and the
>>>>>    American way of life.
>>>>>
>>>>>       Additionally, MRFF adheres strongly to the principle that
>>>>>    religious
>>>>> faith is
>>>>>       a deeply personal matter, and that no American has the right to
>>>>> question
>>>>>       another American’s beliefs as long as they do not unwontedly
>>>>>    intrude
>>>>> on the
>>>>>       public space or the privacy or safety of another individual.
>>>>>
>>>>>       https://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/about/our-mission/
>>>>>
>>>>> They are staunch, stalwart defenders of the first amendment against
>>>>> the attacks on it by theocratic Taliban-like extremists like you.
>>>>
>>>> Yet they seem to thrive on restricting the religious exercise of
>>>> military members.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>       "Military members" AGREE to sacrifice their
>>> religious obligations when enlisting.
>>>
>>>       "I cannot obey that order sir, this is my
>>> Sabbath". See how far THAT goes............
>>>
>>
>> The MRFF (not "MRRF," as Hartung stupidly and incorrectly put it), has not
>> restricted the religious liberty of anyone in the military, nor have they
>> advocated for any restriction of religious liberty.
> 
> "MRFF has..." then "MRFF have..."

Referring to the people in the MRFF, of course...

I could just as well have been referring to the organization, of course. It's 
common British usage.  "Ford have introduced two new SUV models..."

You'll take it and you'll like it, you rancid mackerel-reeking cunt.