Wednesday Afternoon, November 30, 2022
MRFF VICTORY!!!
MRFF GETS NATIVITY SCENE WITH
PROSELYTIZING "CONTACT US" SIGN
MOVED FROM HQ BUILDING TO CHAPEL;
MRFF ACCUSED OF "CANCEL CULTURE"

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, who run a Bible outreach program on the base, reading "Contact Us For Further Christian Fellowship.”

Due to MRFF's swift intervention, the nativity scene and its
Christian recruiting message are now located at the base chapel,
the only place that such a display should ever be located.
Nativity scene magi figures
Email from one of the service members on behalf
of the group of eighteen expressing gratitude
for MRFF's swift and successful action

"Christmas nativity scene removed"

From: (Active Duty Military Member’s E-mail Address Withheld)
Subject: Christmas nativity scene removed
Date: November 30, 2022 at 9:59:20 AM MST
To: 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 his staff to get a Christmas nativity scene immediately removed from the main lobby of our HQ building.

This nativity scene was put in place over the Thanksgiving holiday by a group of officers and their spouses who also run some sort of bible outreach program here on base.

We know this because they actually left a small sign at the sight of the nativity scene encouraging viewers to “Contact Us For Further Christian Fellowship” and we had our MRFF Rep. follow up and confirm who these people are.

Unfortunately if MRFF had not done something about this we don’t believe anything would have happened.

In less than an hour after being contacted by both our MRFF Rep. and Mikey our commander had the nativity scene removed from our HQ lobby and placed over at the base chapel.

We don’t know what if any sort of punishment will happen to the officers and their spouses who erected it in the first place?

A lot of people liked that nativity display. They are now angry that it was removed over to the chapel. The word is out that the MRFF made it happen. They are looking for those of us who “canceled” Christmas by asking MRFF for help here to get the job done. They are screaming “Cancel Culture”. They ignore the fact that they are the ones who “canceled” their oaths to the Constitution.

Our group of (military members description withheld) who requested MRFF’s intervention does include non-Christians like Jews and Muslims and non-believers. But most of us are Christians like me who can clearly see how wrong it was for this nativity scene to be in our HQ building of all places! Over at the chapel is fine but not in the HQ building of a major combat unit.

Most of us have been deployed into combat in the sandbox and have personally observed how any kind of religious supremacy can be so harmful.

If any kind of reprisal against our group which asked the MRFF for help happens we will contact you again right away.

In the meantime thank you all at the MRFF for all you did to help us here. And thank you for all you do!

(name, rank, title withheld) on behalf of 17 other (military members description withheld) assigned to (military unit name withheld) at (military installation name withheld)

Only a few of MRFF's past successes in getting
nativity scenes on military bases moved to
base chapels or otherwise remedied
MRFF's Inbox

"Wreaths on Vet’s graves"

From: (name and email withheld)
Date: November 24, 2022 at 7:42:21 AM CST
Subject: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 military funerals and having served as a chaplain in the US Army for 20 years, I always advise people to honor US military gravesites with flags or prayers. Or, for those that want something more permanent for combat veterans in bronze- the VFW bronze marker is also available as the Star of David for Jews. Others may have to be customized. Thanks for all you do, v/r,

(name withheld)

Retired US Army Major
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