Skip to comments.
Military-church separation group says placing wreaths on vets’ graves an ‘atrocity’
American Military News ^
| 12/06/2021
| American Military News
Posted on 12/06/2021 11:48:39 AM PST by aimhigh
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-55 last
To: aimhigh
I have been giving to Wreaths Across America for years. This year my donation doubles. Thanks for the inspiration, Mikey.
41
posted on
12/06/2021 12:26:49 PM PST
by
VMI70
(2 wrongs don't make a right, but two Wrights made an airplane.)
To: aimhigh
Evergreen boughs during the winter have always been an ancient tribal custom. You know, diversity 'n' stuff.
42
posted on
12/06/2021 12:29:08 PM PST
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: aimhigh
Weinstein hates Christmas.
To: aimhigh
Wreaths have long been a graveside tradition. There need not be any religious significance to it. In fact I am pretty certain ceremonial and memorial wreaths predate Christianity.
44
posted on
12/06/2021 12:38:10 PM PST
by
lastchance
(Credo.)
To: aimhigh
“MRFF founder Mikey Weinstein”
Some Jews seriously hate Christianity.
45
posted on
12/06/2021 12:43:57 PM PST
by
PapaBear3625
(Only the insane have the strength to prosper. Only those who prosper truly judge what is sane)
To: colorado tanker
He’s been very successful at it. I believe his group is responsible for removing the bible from POW/MIA tables on Air Force bases. They had one at Patrick AFB chow hall, then one day the bible disappeared, and we were told this clowns organization sued or threatened to sue. Then again, Patrick was home to the DOD DEOMI (Department of Defense’s Equal Opportunity Management Institute (I think that is what it stands for)). Let that sink in for a bit.
46
posted on
12/06/2021 1:02:22 PM PST
by
GMThrust
To: myerson
Bugger off, mikey.
You need to be dropped into a combat zone with a spoon. See how fast you can dig a hole.
47
posted on
12/06/2021 1:03:49 PM PST
by
Sequoyah101
(Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.I ha)
To: aimhigh
My paternal grandfather, who died from health issues when my father was a boy, was a Coast Guard veteran and is buried in the Long Island National Cemetery, in NY. A couple of years ago, my Dad (in FL) wanted to check an item off his bucket list, so my older brother and I (in VA) went on a road trip with him to visit the grave. It was December, and Wreaths Across America had been through and placed wreaths on all the graves. They were beautiful! I can only imagine how long it took the volunteers to place the wreaths, and the expenses of creating and transporting the wreaths to the cemetery, and this [expletive that will get me banned from FR] individual wants to end it.
I agree, some people have too much time on their hands.
48
posted on
12/06/2021 1:40:28 PM PST
by
AF_Blue
(My decision-making skills closely resemble those of a squirrel when crossing a road)
To: aimhigh
Mikey Weinstein and his Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), if there is any real separation between the two, is not always successful. Like PETA, these organizations are better with releasing public condemnations than in winning contested court cases.
A recent example is the 2019 US Supreme Court decision on the Bladensburg, MD "Peace Cross" honoring WW1 Soldiers. While originally erected on private land in 1925 by the American Legion, due to extraneous reasons, the land became owned by the State of Maryland in 1961 and maintained by the same.
In 2015 the MRFF joined with the American Humanist Association (AHA), an atheist advocacy organization, to order the removal of this 40 foot "Christian monument on government property". In 2018 the 4th Appeals Circuit had agreed with these plaintiffs (8-6) to remove the "Peace Cross".
Successfully appealed to SCOTUS, the US Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that this was more of a War Memorial than Christian monument and thus could remain, unmolested! Justice Alioto wrote the decision and Justices Ginzburg & Sotomayor were the dissenters.
49
posted on
12/06/2021 3:07:15 PM PST
by
SES1066
(Ask not what the LEFT can do for you, rather ask what the LEFT is doing to YOU!)
To: aimhigh
Make it simple, have those who don’t want wreaths call
1800-GET-ALIF and they’ll receive a small “No wreath” sticker to be placed on the grave marker, and as a bonus they’ll each receive a free toilet plunger.
50
posted on
12/06/2021 3:14:15 PM PST
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
“The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.” – Montesquieu
51
posted on
12/06/2021 3:33:07 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: aimhigh
Mikey needs a new hobby. He’s becoming more paranoid, cranky and bitter than Dave Letterman, and that’s saying something.
52
posted on
12/06/2021 6:47:51 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude. --Frederick Douglass)
To: V_TWIN
“to blanket them without permission of the surviving families is unconstitutional”And if volunteers put Christmas-style wreaths only on the headstones with crosses and ignored the ones with Stars of David, Mikey wouldn't be happy about that, either. He's a bitter, bitter man. And petty.
53
posted on
12/06/2021 6:49:51 PM PST
by
Albion Wilde
(Freedom is a road seldom traveled by the multitude. --Frederick Douglass)
To: aimhigh
to blanket them without permission of the surviving families is unconstitutional, Ah yes. People tend to ignore the wreath clause of the Constitution.
54
posted on
12/06/2021 6:59:34 PM PST
by
gitmo
(If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
To: Albion Wilde
“He’s a bitter, bitter man. And petty”
Sounds like most atheists I’ve run across
55
posted on
12/07/2021 6:51:35 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-40, 41-55 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson