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Religious freedom not served by bigot consulting for the Pentagon

Should our military consult with white supremacist groups when revising policies against racial discrimination?Should it call the Westboro Baptist Church as it deals with the repercussions of repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"?Or should it bring in Koran-burning pastor Terry Jones to consult as it continues its outreach to the Muslim world?Obviously not.  And if generals of any branch of the military met with these groups, we'd question their good faith and their understanding of the law.  Yet the Air Force has been meeting with a bigot every bit as obscene, every bit as hateful as any of the individuals or groups discussed above.  That bigot is named Michael "Mikey" Weinstein, the founder of the inappropriately-named Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and his rhetoric against Christians if every bit as poisonous as the rhetoric of acknowledged hate groups.Don't believe me?  In just one recent column in the Huffington Post he called Evangelical Christians – many of whom serve in the...

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