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Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation From: (Active Duty Military Officer’s E-mail Address Withheld)Subject: Appreciation for MRFF advocacy!Date: December 6, 2022 at 2:23:41 PM MSTTo: Mikey Weinstein <mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.org> Mikey, Having benefited directly and indirectly from MRFF’s advocacy for more than a decade as an active-duty officer, I feel obliged to share with you a few simple but effective actions I […]

Read More American Ethical Union We are thrilled to be co-hosting the 3rd annual virtual HumanLight holiday celebration. HumanLight is a secular December holiday where humanists from around the world celebrate and express positive humanist values such as Reason, Compassion, and Hope as well as bring people together to share a hopef…

Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation November 30, 2022 With the regularity of the calendar & the clock, MRFF’s assistance this holiday season has once again been requested by clients seeking to perform their duties without the overbearing and unconstitutional imprimatur of fundamentalist Christian religious preference and superiority with the U.S. Military.  This situation created

Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation On behalf of eighteen service members at a large military base who sought MRFF’s help when a nativity scene was put up in their HQ building lobby, MRFF successfully got the display removed. The nativity scene sported a sign from the officers and their spouses responsible for the display,

Read More American Ethical Union The topic the Ethical Humanist Society of Rochester’s November meeting “Should we patronize artists who have behaved badly?”…

Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation From: (Active Duty Military Member’s E-mail Address Withheld)Subject: Christmas nativity scene removedDate: November 30, 2022 at 9:59:20 AM MSTTo: Information Weinstein <mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.org> Mikey we just wanted to thank you and our local MRFF Rep. (name and rank withheld) here at (installation name withheld) for engaging with our (military unit name withheld) commander and

Read More Secular Coalition for America In July of 2017, then-President Donald Trump sat down for an interview with Christian Broadcasting Network founder Pat Robertson, and bragged about one of his recent accomplishments: “I’ve gotten rid of the Johnson Amendment. I signed an executive order so that now, ministers and preachers and rabbis and whoever

Read More Military Religious Freedom Foundation From: (name and e mail withheld)Date: November 24, 2022 at 7:42:21 AM CSTTo:mikey@militaryreligiousfreedom.orgSubject:Wreaths on Vet’s graves  Counselor,  I concur that putting wreaths on graves indiscriminately is wrong because they are religious symbols.  These can be placed by family members like those that place flowers at headstones.  Having done

Read More American Ethical Union A Fond Farewell Last October I announced plans to retire from my role as executive director for the American Ethical Union effective the end of July 2022. And, though my timeline did not quite hold up, the retirement plan itself is in effect. My final day as executive director will