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Mikey Weinstein is making the news again.<\/p>\n
For those who are new, Mikey is a former Air Force person (I refuse to call him a man) who has an unfathomable hatred for anything religious in government, and established an anti-faith “charity” called the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) to protect anyone in service from being exposed to anything, no matter how farfetched, which could be construed as religious. Examples? Remember the Merchant Marine Academy complaint that a painting in a mess hall neeeed to be covered because it implied divine assistance for sailors? The unit which had to alter it’s insignia because it had a crusader pictured on it? The “missing man” tables at chow halls that have to have their Testaments removed? Yep, that’s all Mikey.<\/p>\n
Well, there is a Texas-based company called Shields of Strength which makes religious themed dog tags.<\/p>\n
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled late last month that Shields of Strength can move forward with its lawsuit against the Pentagon. First Liberty Institute and the law firm Fish & Richardson, which represent the company, believe DoD\u2019s “discriminatory refusal” to allow production of Shield of Strengths’s popular military-themed dog tags with inspirational Bible verses for service members and their families is illegal and in violation of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n
Kenny Vaughan and his wife, who own Shields of Strength, began by creating military-themed replica dog tags with encouraging Bible verses that have been favored by military service members, first responders and athletes, according to First Liberty. To date, over four million Shields of Strength dog tags have been distributed, with two million donated by the company.<\/p>\n
In 2012, the U.S. Army granted a trademark license allowing Shields of Strength to feature Army trademarks on its products, according to First Liberty. It eventually obtained licenses to use the Air Force and Marine Corps logos, as well.<\/p>\n
But Weinstein remained undeterred.<\/p>\n
“The Military Religious Freedom Foundation\u2019s (MRFF) complaint to DoD was that Shields of Strength\u2019s use of official DoD insignia on its overtly Christian religious merchandise indubitably implied an unconstitutional DoD endorsement of the merchandise\u2019s solely Christian messages,” he told Fox News Digital.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Not sure that someone’s wear of a cross under their T-shirt is much different, but Mikey gets butthurt over the damnedest things. Me, I’m of the mind if someone wants a totem or emblem that makes ’em feel better about life when they’re under fire or otherwise in a bad place – that’s their business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"