Thursday Afternoon, June 23, 2022
SECOND MILITARY BAND SCHEDULED TO 
PLAY AT CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST
EVENT ENLISTS MRFF’S HELP
&
MRFF'S CHRIS RODDA ON
VETERANS FOR PEACE RADIO SHOW


Encouraged by yesterday's major MRFF victory in getting
the 246th Army Band of the South Carolina National Guard
cancelled from performing at a South Carolina Baptist church's
Christian nationalistic “Annual Carolina Celebration of Liberty,”
members of a second military band have come to MRFF
for help in getting their upcoming scheduled performance at a
large evangelical church's Fourth of July event, which band
members describe as "some sort of 'Celebration of the
Founding of America as a Christian Nation' which is just unacceptable to most of us in the Band," cancelled as well.

Band members vow to refuse to participate in event if
Band Commander continues to insist that they do.
Christian flag and American flag side by side
Email from members of second military band, encouraged by MRFF's swift success in getting
Army National Guard band's participation in
church's Christian nationalist event cancelled, seeking MRFF's help in getting similar Christian nationalist event performance cancelled for them

Thursday, June 23, 2022

Dear Mr. Mikey Weinstein and the MRFF,

A bunch of us saw the success you had yesterday in helping the 246th Army Band in South Carolina to avoid violating the constitution and the military regs by getting that Christian church event cancelled from their schedule. You have helped out 5 of our band members in the past so we keep an eye on your website and public releases.

Congratulations!
 
We just wanted to say that we are in the (military service branch name withheld and band unit designation withheld) Band and are facing a very similar situation. Our Band Commander has told us that we are to supposed to perform in a Fourth of July ceremony at a nearby large evangelical church. That church is promoting the event as some sort of “Celebration of the Founding of America as a Christian Nation” which is just unacceptable to most of us in the Band. 

It’s fine for that church to butcher American history if they want to but not for the (military service branch name withheld and band unit designation withheld) Band to help them do it.

We have a meeting scheduled this morning with our Band Commander to make it clear that we will not participate if he continues to insist that we do so. We are going to show him the news release from the MRFF about helping the 246th Army Band achieve its goal to not play at their Christian church event. As per the phone call we just had with you Mikey we would like to ask for the MRFF’s help if he refuses to cancel our Band’s participation in this unconstitutional event which also clearly violates (DOD and military branch regulation citations withheld).

Please give our best to our brother and sister Bandmates in the 246th Army Band as we try to do what they were just able to do.

And thank you to the MRFF for being there to help guide us as we fight this affront to the constitution and our own (military service branch name withheld) regulations. Please keep all of our identity information confidential at this point.

V/R

(Active Duty MRFF Clients’ names, ranks, titles and military branch unit designation and assigned installation all withheld)
MRFF's victory yesterday on behalf of the
majority of members of the 246th Army Band
of the South Carolina National Guard
MRFF Senior Research Director Chris Rodda
on the Veterans for Peace Radio Hour

Thursday, June 23, 2022
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Show Description:

Chris Rodda, senior research director for the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) and the author of ‘Liars For Jesus: The Religious Right’s Alternate Version of American History, unearthed the plans of the South Baptists to undermine the Chaplaincy within the military and replace it with Southern Baptist Chaplains, off base Chapels, and Christian counseling centers all at tax payer expense. There goes separation of church and state, what could go wrong, right?
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