Re: MRRF advocating "military" religion
Bill Flett <[email protected]> Mon, 31 May 2021 08:14:54 -0700
| Newsgroups | alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.comedy |
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| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
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On 5/31/2021 8:02 AM, Kurt Nicklas wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2021 07:53:16 -0700, Bill Flett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 5/31/2021 5:05 AM, Kurt Nicklas wrote: >>> On Mon, 31 May 2021 06:39:45 -0500, David Hartung >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On 5/30/21 9:23 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. >>>> >>>> Oh? Please explain. >>> >>> Hollowman knows nothing about the military. I serviced [sic] in the Army >> >> You serviced all the non-comms and warrant officers, I imagine. > > "You just conceded defeat again. I'll add it to the list. I've > instructed you on that before." Yes, and now you've conceded defeat once *again*.