Posted on 06/03/2016 4:05:38 AM PDT by combat_boots
A Kansas military base abruptly canceled an upcoming prayer breakfast that featured retired Lt. General Jerry Boykin after complaints were lodged that Boykin is anti-Muslim and anti-gay.
Military Religious Freedom Foundation founder Mikey Weinstein told Army Times that Boykin’s invitation had caused great angst among soldiers at Fort Riley – leading some to break down in tears.
“I have clients of ours weeping on the phone about this,” he said.
Weeping? Oh, please.
“I sincerely doubt that America can expect to win wars if the people who are tasked to do so are frightened by an old retired general with biblical views and a testimony of faith,” Boykin told me.
Boykin, an original member of Delta Force and an executive vice president of the Family Research Council, was scheduled to deliver remarks at a June 6th prayer breakfast. The event was set to be held in conjunction with the 1st Infantry Division’s Victory Week celebration.
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The MRFF launched a protest on May 31 accusing the retired three-star general of being a “homophobic, Islamophobic, fundamentalist Christian extremist.”
“He sows hatred and heinous divisiveness with his sickening screed of fundamentalist Christian supremacy, primacy, exclusivity and triumphalism,” Weinstein wrote in a complaint to Fort Riley.
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Pathetic
Not satire?
If this isn’t satire, it’s ridiculous.
Sure sounds like The Big Red One has really changed since June 6, 1944.
Splains a lot, Lucy.
Translation: He doesn't worship the humanist god of homosexuality and perversity.
Soldiers breaking down in tears over a speech?
I gotta’ throw the BS Flag - Or the Presidents plan on changing the military has worked.
“Pathetic”
Yeah, just watched Boykin on F&F. Appears the decision to cancel rests with the post cammander.
Another anti-truth, anti-freedom, anti-individual, anti-life collective with speech totalitarians…
http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org
Mikey Weinstein and the MMRF want those who extended the offer to Boykin“aggressively investigated and visibly punished.”
Mikey and the MMRF should be aggressively investigated and defunded.
“Boykin’s invitation had caused great angst among soldiers at Fort Riley – leading some to break down in tears. “
The wussification of our military is now complete.
Crying surrendering sailors to crying soldiers.
We are truly living in a Bizzaro world. It might even be too late for Superman to fix things.
All hail the US military!
To think of those who gave all...
The order to cancel came from the top.
Just a hunch.
American generals are spineless twits.
leading some to break down in tears.
I call absolute BULLSHEET on this! If anyone doesn’t want to hear him speak they simply don’t have to go to the breakfast.
The MRFF is a PROFESSIONALLY perpetually offended pressure group that will not be satisfied until America has only ‘house churches’ like the PRC (China)! Their power comes from a bully pulpit in front of a sympathetic MSM and generous funding from left to far left sources.
A note of comment - does anybody know of a opposite group (freedom to practice religion) that has anywhere close to the success rate that the MRFF has? I know of the groups that react and provide legal assistance AFTER a religious-intolerant act has been performed but I see none able to do the same kind of thing as MRFF.
Yet, for a century plus, (ex. H L Mencken), we have been warned by elite opinion that there is a great danger from fundamentalist Christians & conservatives than from any other domestic source. Within the last several years we have had word of military training classes that have used the same as potential dangers. What a con job!
Mikey Weinstein is an asshat. I a speaking event of his once and he is a certified wimp.
No, not entirely, but with a shrinking military that has been strongly politicized by this Administration, it risks forced retirement. Imagine a general from history brought to the present and facing the choice presented here. Cave now to stay active and do his best job so that President Trump has something to work with OR do a Billy Mitchell and risk being sunk WITHOUT outcry as the MSM has no interest!
More likely, Weinstein is lying.
“Military Religious Freedom Foundation founder Mikey Weinstein told Army Times that Boykin’s invitation had caused great angst among soldiers at Fort Riley – leading some to break down in tears”
You got to be F’in kidding with me!
So, because one professional agitator complained, a general was uninvited to a prayer breakfast? An agitator from a group dedicated to eradicating practice of religion from the military complained about a Christian general speaking at a prayer breakfast—and the response was to uninvite the general?
Unbelievable.
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