Pentagon Leaders Met with Collaborator of Preacher who Proposed Military Takeover of the Government

[SecularMotion]

A few weeks ago, Tim Wildmon, president of the American Family Association (AFA), sent out an email blast began:

AFA meets with Air Force -- my report to you

September 19, 2013

Dear Friend,

The American Family Association participated in high level meetings at the Pentagon on September 12, for a frank discussion on the loss of religious freedom by Christians in the Air Force and the Defense Department in general. See AFA's Press Release here.

We made our point very clear...Christian soldiers and airmen have the right to express their faith and to maintain deeply held religious convictions in every area including homosexuality and homosexual marriage.

Representing AFA was cultural expert, talk show host and author, Sandy Rios. Also present were representatives from Family Research Council, Chaplains Alliance for Religious Liberty, and Alliance Defending Freedom, part of the Restore Military Religious Freedom Coalition which was launched in July.



The AFA, as I wrote in my previous post on this subject (which contains a lot of details that I'm going to skip here), is part of a new coalition of fundamentalist Christian organizations called the Restore Military Religious Freedom Coalition. This coalition was formed a few months ago for one reason -- to lobby for the Fleming amendment to the FY14 National Defense Authorization Act, an amendment that would allow anti-gay discrimination and harassment in the military under the guise of "religious liberty."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/pentagon-leaders-met-with_b_4037505.html

[Lint Head]

1. I guess bigots have rights too. I'm bigoted against bigots.

[rug]

4. This tiny millennial fringe group has as much influence as a gnat in Paraguay.

Here's his backpedalling statement.

http://www.morningstarministries.org/resources/prophetic-bulletins/2013/martial-law#.Uk3RBWLD_5o

[Lint Head]

6. Caused a stir? LOL

[cbayer]

7. Reading that link made my eyeballs hurt.

[LeftofObama]

2. ROFLMAO!

"...cultural expert, talk show host and author, Sandy Rios."

She is a raging loon if ever there was one!

[cbayer]

3. The AFA and FRC get wackier and wackier.

Thank goodness for the MRFF and kudos to Chris Roda for this report.

[dgibby]

5. When I was active duty Navy,

I learned to keep my mouth shut around these religious loons. One of my commanding officers was whacked out on religion, and was quite adament that his belief system was the only one tolerated. It was his way or the highway, and he had no problem discriminating against you if you disagreed with him. In fact, it was a protestant chaplain that warned me about him.

[cleanhippie]

8. I had an XO that was a religious wingnut. He tried to have the entire squadron bow their heads in

Prayer as we completed muster for Quarters. I, as a Chief, stepped forward and announced that any such order was not lawful. He told me to see him in his office after Quarters, then the Skipper arrived and Quarters went on without a hitch, or a prayer.

I reported to his office and stood at Parade Rest for 30 min before the CMC showed up to tell me that the XO was busy and could not see me and that the matter was over.

My CMC smiled and said "we need more Chiefs to stand up for their Sailors." Two months later, the XO stood at attention as the CO awarded me a Navy Commendation Medal for being CPO of the Year.

[dgibby]

9. You rock!

Congrats. That was a medal well deserved.

[hrmjustin]

10. My heart bleeds for them.

[RetiredTrotskyite]

11. How come the schmucks (including the preacher)

aren't being charged with treason?