daveman
Diamond Member
Ahh. So he wants to strip Constitutional rights away from servicemembers because he's bigoted and afraid.Onward Christian Pilots
Are you including the premillenial, dispensational, reconstructionist, dominionist, evangeliecal, fundamentalist Christian pilot in your statement?
Mikey Weinstein has some doubts:
'Michael 'Mikey' Weinstein represents an extended family of graduates from the U.S. Air Force Academy. As his biography proudly notes: 'Mikey comes from a family that has dedicated itself to the service of the United States.
"One indication of the familys commitment is its multi-generational association with the nations military academies, in particular, the United States Air Force Academy. His father graduated from the United States Naval Academy. Mikey is a graduate of the Air Force Academy, as are his brother-in-law, eldest son and daughter-in-law. His youngest son is currently a cadet at the Air Force Academy."
Weinstein believes that radical Christians began recruiting actively in the US armed forces at the time we switched from conscription to an "all volunteer" military.
"BuzzFlash: Clearly, this could not happen without approval from the hierarchy in the Pentagon.
Michael L. Weinstein: Actually, its happening top-down, I think. And its been going on for quite awhile. We think it started in 1972 when the draft ended.
The theory for having a draft was that we were pulling from what we now call blue and red states, conscripting people into the military.
"Of course, a lot of them were pissed off coming in, and when youre pissed off, even a spoonful of sugar doesnt make the Jesus go down.
"But since we ended the draft, going to the full volunteer force in 1972, now were pulling mostly from what we call red states, where theres a lot of this blending of a virulent form of dominionist Christianity - essentially predatory Christianity - with patriotism.
"Then, in 1994, with the Gingrich revolution taking over, two years into the Clinton presidency, the politics of polarization really reared its ugly head.
"Either youre with us or you dont really deserve to be an American."
Please don't allow my source, "BuzzFlash", to influence your assessment of this issue.
Weinstein is all over cyberspace with his campaign for separation of church and military.
Mikey Weinstein Tackles the Evangelical Coup in America's Military | BuzzFlash.org