Among the many heartwarming family photos shown by Mrs. Gould during this speech was one of the Gould family with Chad Hennings, who happened to be one of the other speakers appearing at this year's NCLS. Hennings, an Air Force Academy graduate who went on to play for the Dallas Cowboys, now runs a ministry called "Wingmen," whose stated goal is "to bring men together in a neutral setting where we can develop relationships with other men of God and deepen our relationship with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ."
Much of Chad Hennings's NCLS speech sounded like it was straight out of an episode of Glenn Beck -- how our culture is declining and we're going the same route that led Germany into becoming Nazi Germany, etc. He also talked about a bunch of books that could easily be Glenn Beck's recommend reading list, including one by an author who's been a guest on Beck's show, and just happens to also be a speaker for Hennings's Wingmen ministry. And, naturally, Hennings's speech was also chock full of Bible quotes.
Hennings has been lauded as a "Christian Fighter Pilot" by someone who should know -- Air Force Maj. Jonathan C. Dowty, who runs a blog called "Christian Fighter Pilot," and published a book with the same name. Maj. Dowty, a 1999 graduate of the Air Force Academy, is also a member of the Officers' Christian Fellowship (OCF), a military-wide organization of over 15,000 officers, which is very active at the Air Force Academy. The OCF has never been shy about its goals, frequently stating that its "vision" is: "A spiritually transformed military, with ambassadors for Christ in uniform, empowered by the Holy Spirit."
Last September, a blog post by Maj. Dowty, whose obsession with Mikey Weinstein and MRFF has led him to write well over a hundred blog posts attacking Weinstein and/or MRFF, was included in the Air Force Academy's "Falcon Clips" email. These daily emails, which go out to all Academy cadets, staff, and faculty, begin with the statement: "MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT," and the description: "The Falcon Clips attachment is a daily compilation of local and national news stories relevant to the Air Force Academy and military personnel." The September 21, 2010 Falcon Clips included an item that was neither a local nor a national news story, but a diatribe against MRFF from Maj. Dowty's "Christian Fighter Pilot" blog, titled "Bat Signal busted, Weinstein declares war back on." This blog post was the second of the fourteen "news" items in the Academy-wide email, and was listed under the heading "SUPT COMMENTARY." Scores of outraged cadets and faculty members contacted MRFF about the Academy's distribution not only of a non-newsworthy rant by a blogger, but the endorsement of a blogger who is an active duty Air Force officer promoting Christian supremacy in the military.
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