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Air Force football players praying are branded a 'putrid' example of 'Christian supremacy'
The Daily Mail ^ | 12/07/2015 | Imogen Calderwood

Posted on 12/07/2015 1:46:58 PM PST by ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Ex-officer Michael Weinstein described the public prayers as an 'outrage'
He claims Air Force Academy football players are forced to participate
Weinstein insists display of Christianity could be used for ISIS propaganda

A former U.S. Air Force officer has branded the ritual of military football players kneeling in prayer a ‘putrid’ example of ‘Christian supremacy’ and demanded it must stop.

Michael Weinstein, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), insisted the public prayers so often seen on the football pitch before games are a scandalous outrage.

He said Air Force Academy football players had approached the MRFF claiming they were forced into joining the prayers, for fear of punishment.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: airforce; football; kneeling; michaelweinstein; mikey; military; mrff; takeaknee; usafa
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1 posted on 12/07/2015 1:46:58 PM PST by ScottWalkerForPresident2016
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Bowing to Mecca okay ... kneeling not okay. Got it.


2 posted on 12/07/2015 1:48:38 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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He said Air Force Academy football players had approached the MRFF claiming they were forced into joining the prayers, for fear of punishment.

Does he mean like cutting one’s head off?


3 posted on 12/07/2015 1:50:48 PM PST by Bitsy
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Is this the Mikey Weinstein that Obama’s gaystapo appointed to own the military for them after sodomy was embraced in the military?


4 posted on 12/07/2015 1:51:10 PM PST by fwdude
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Progressives should be branded with a big ‘P’ in the middle of their foreheads with a hot iron.


5 posted on 12/07/2015 1:51:22 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

This Christ-hater is an adviser to Obama and the Pentagon.


6 posted on 12/07/2015 1:53:22 PM PST by kaehurowing
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

seen on the football pitch..What the hell is THAT? Only sport I know that pitches is beezboll. (Been veddy, veddy goot to me).


7 posted on 12/07/2015 1:53:23 PM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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Weinstein

Just another jewish guy kicking Christian friends of Israel in the face. Nothing new here.

8 posted on 12/07/2015 1:53:46 PM PST by PAR35
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

And if a towelhead whipped out a prayer rug and bowed down to his god of neckslicing, it would be praised.


9 posted on 12/07/2015 1:54:21 PM PST by I want the USA back ( Islam is a violent, world-domination political ideology cleverly disguised as a religion.)
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To: fwdude

fwd... Dat be him. A schmuck with ears. :-)


10 posted on 12/07/2015 1:55:17 PM PST by willibeaux (de ole Korean War vet age 86)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

This from a putrid scandal mongering sociopath. Sticks and stones....


11 posted on 12/07/2015 1:57:02 PM PST by Louis Foxwell (Stop Islam and save the world.)
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

This self-important little turd needed something to elevate him out of obscurity in the satanic left and his god Ba’al-Allah.


12 posted on 12/07/2015 1:57:49 PM PST by pallis
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

What happened to him as a child?


13 posted on 12/07/2015 2:02:02 PM PST by wideawake
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To: Safetgiver

I think it refers to Cricket?


14 posted on 12/07/2015 2:12:35 PM PST by Polynikes (Ahh you teal de money. We talk to you den. Hombre - 1967)
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To: Bitsy
Hmmmm..what is opinion of the pagan wiccan prayer circle at the Air Force Academy?


15 posted on 12/07/2015 2:19:02 PM PST by Stand Watch Listen (Was addicted to the Hokey Pokey...but I turned myself around...((@))
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016

Bet nobody came forward and this atheist is simply a hater.

Pray America wakes


16 posted on 12/07/2015 2:26:02 PM PST by bray (Trump/Cruz 2016)
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He said Air Force Academy football players had approached the MRFF...

Name one.

17 posted on 12/07/2015 2:28:31 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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Because there's certainly no precedent for praying in the military.

Oh, wait...



18 posted on 12/07/2015 2:29:14 PM PST by Bratch
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To: ScottWalkerForPresident2016
Michael Weinstein, president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF)

Ironically named mailing list of the day.

19 posted on 12/07/2015 2:32:22 PM PST by Sirius Lee (Cruz or Lose 2016)
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20 posted on 12/07/2015 2:34:56 PM PST by Sirius Lee (Cruz or Lose 2016)
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