{"id":36077,"date":"2016-09-08T00:30:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T03:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=36077"},"modified":"2016-11-24T20:59:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T23:59:59","slug":"frc-protect-your-military-chaplains-from-a-bully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/08\/frc-protect-your-military-chaplains-from-a-bully\/","title":{"rendered":"FRC: Protect Your Military Chaplains from a Bully"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris Gacek of the Family Research Council recently urged readers to voice their support for military chaplains in a blog entitled “Protect Your Military Chaplains from a Bully<\/a>.” The context of his call was the most recent “histrionics” of a bully — Michael “Mikey” Weinstein — as he attacked Chaplain (MajGen) Dondi Costin and others for attending the CALL awards<\/a> event:<\/p>\n

What is of particular note is Weinstein\u2019s complete and utter lack of perspective. Does he honestly believe that a retirement-type event honoring a member of Congress who has supported the needs of chaplains would not be attended by appreciative members of the military chaplaincy? Is he really so misguided as to think that the DOD IG is going to state that military chaplains attending a retirement event for a member of the House in the company of other House members and a U.S. Senator is a punishable offense? Sadly, he appears to be.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That’s true, with nuance. Weinstein wouldn’t have had a problem had the event been gay-affirming, for example. As with most of Weinstein’s attacks on religious liberty, his demands are content-based: Since those in attendance held views he did not like, he believed the chaplains should be punished for being there.<\/p>\n

Gacek links to a petition<\/a> from The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty that will ultimately be hand-delivered to members of senior military leaders and Congress:<\/p>\n

As a deeply concerned citizen, I am calling on leaders in Washington, D.C. to stop these unprecedented attacks on military members exercising their freedom of religion and expression. Our servicemen and servicewomen put themselves in harm\u2019s way to protect our freedom and God-given constitutional rights. It\u2019s time for you to protect theirs!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As to whether the DoD IG is actually a viable path for Mikey Weinstein or not, it remains to be seen. In the interim, Weinstein seems to be happy to use the DoD IG as a vehicle for publicity. While he does want to attack Christians, publicity is the primary means to his financial ends.<\/p>\n

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