{"id":30319,"date":"2014-11-05T02:17:33","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T05:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=30319"},"modified":"2016-11-25T01:06:39","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T04:06:39","slug":"mikey-weinstein-threatens-to-sue-ung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/05\/mikey-weinstein-threatens-to-sue-ung\/","title":{"rendered":"Mikey Weinstein Threatens to Sue UNG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After previously belittling and then speaking <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/27\/mikey-weinstein-belittles-speaks-at-georgia-school\/\">at the University of North Georgia<\/a>, multiple headlines now claim Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein is going to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizpacreview.com\/2014\/11\/01\/military-group-to-sue-college-over-prayers-at-a-mandatory-911-memorial-service-156100\">file a lawsuit<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The University of North Georgia has come under fire in the ongoing war on Christianity.<\/p>\n<p>The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is suing the school, accusing it of holding a 9\/11 memorial service that invoked the &#8220;Christian God&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The media articles (including one from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguarddahlonega.com\/2014\/10\/mrff-seeking-to-sue-ung-for-violating-first-amendment\/\">student paper<\/a>) fail to note that Weinstein has threatened to sue <em>many<\/em> people for <em>many<\/em> reasons over the years &#8212; including even this website &#8212; and has almost never followed through. (The few he did file were <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/04\/michael-weinstein-loses-lawsuit-against-imprecatory-chaplain\/\">quickly dismissed<\/a>.)\u00a0 Weinstein&#8217;s threats are empty, if they&#8217;re even threats at all. In this case, it wasn&#8217;t even Weinstein who made the threat: <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/atheist-cadet-discharged-in-publicity-stunt-over-religion\/\">West Point dropout<\/a> Blake Page <!--more-->(Weinstein&#8217;s &#8220;special assistant&#8221;)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguarddahlonega.com\/2014\/10\/mrff-sent-letter-to-president-jacobs-alleging-ung-of-violating-first-amendment\/\">said the MRFF<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>decided to pursue media attention and litigious options.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Good luck with those &#8220;litigious options&#8221; &#8212; which Page says the MRFF is considering because &#8230; ISIS.\u00a0 (Seriously, you can read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguarddahlonega.com\/2014\/10\/mrff-sent-letter-to-president-jacobs-alleging-ung-of-violating-first-amendment\/\">his letter<\/a>.)\u00a0 The Alliance Defending Freedom has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=6019\">publicly defended<\/a> the school.<\/p>\n<p>The school&#8217;s student publication of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguarddahlonega.com\/2014\/10\/mrff-sent-letter-to-president-jacobs-alleging-ung-of-violating-first-amendment\/\">Page&#8217;s threat<\/a> had only two comments, both of whom claimed to have participated in the events under criticism, and both of whom contradicted Page&#8217;s characterization:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/ungglover.png\" width=\"730\" height=\"161\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was the main speaker at the event and i would like to go on the record for saying that there was no &#8220;religious message&#8221; in my speech&#8230;SO i would like to say congratulations to MRFF you have started you little campaign by spreading lies!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.christianfighterpilot.com\/images\/ungstower.png\" width=\"727\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am in the corps of cadets, and can personally verify that the 9\/11 vigil was completely optional.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Page joins Weinstein and Chris Rodda to form an activist anti-Christian trio that can&#8217;t even get basic facts correct.<\/p>\n<p>Standard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After previously belittling and then speaking at the University of North Georgia, multiple headlines now claim Michael &#8220;Mikey&#8221; Weinstein is going to file a lawsuit: The University of North Georgia has come under fire in the ongoing war on Christianity. 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