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Frank Schaeffer on the Military Religious Freedom Foundation

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Because the fundamentalist right ascribes to something called Reconstructionist ideology. They hate anyone who gets in the way of their idea, which is to turn America into a sort of Christian Iran-style theocracy. If it was up to the radical fringe, Mikey Weinstein would be dead.

Yikes! Well, thanks for taking time out to talk with me, Frank. I understand you're hard at work on a new book. Good luck with it.

For those who would like to know more about MRFF and what they're up to, their website describes their mission this way: "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." The MRFF was nominated for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize.

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*Weinstein is a former Air Force officer, attorney, businessman and registered Republican. Over the last few years, he has sued the United States Air Force and the Defense Department over religious discrimination and proselytizing in the military. As a result, his home has been vandalized and he has received numerous death threats. At one time, he served as legal counsel to the White House during the Reagan administration and was first general counsel to Ross Perot.

MRFF website

Mikey Weinstein's book: With God on Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military

Frank's website: Frankschaeffer.com


My interview with Frank back in November, right after the election

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