Wednesday Evening, December 15, 2021
MRFF's VICTORY LEADS TO THE
FACTUALLY CHALLENGED TAG-TEAM
OF FIRST LIBERTY & SHIELDS OF STRENGTH's
LAWSUIT AGAINST DEPT. OF DEFENSE

Fox News covers MRFF and its adversary, fundamentalist Christian legal organization First Liberty Institute’s lawsuit against the Department of Defense (DoD) on behalf of Christian jewelry company Shields of Strength.

In 2019, MRFF successfully got the DoD to follow its own regulations and disallow Shields of Strength’s use of official trademarked DoD emblems on its Bible verse dog tags. Now First Liberty is claiming that the DoD’s regulations are unconstitutional and suing the DoD.
FOX NEWS
COVERS MRFF

US military's restriction on religiously themed dog tags results in lawsuit

By: Sam Dorman

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
In an article that actually is “fair and balanced,” Fox News accurately explains (unlike First Liberty’s subterfuge-filled lawsuit) that the issue with Shields of Strength’s products applies only to those products on which they were using the official trademarked DoD emblems in combination with a Bible verse. The article quotes the actual DoD regulation that strictly prohibits the use of official DoD emblems on items that promote not only religion, but “ideological movements, sociopolitical change, … specific interpretations of morality, or legislative/statutory change.” First Liberty Institute has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that this regulation is unconstitutional.
TODDSTARNES.COM
COVERS MRFF

Todd Starnes formerly of FOX News

Military Caves to Bullies,
Yanks Faith-Based Dog Tags

By: Caleb Parke

Wednesday, December 15, 2021
BACKGROUND

This despicable suggestion of suicide
sent to Mikey Weinstein is only one example of the thousands of disturbing emails and comments MRFF received within the past 24 hours after being covered by FOX News.


"Dog Tags"

From: (name withheld)
Subject: Dog tags
Date: December 15, 2021 at 11:46:44 AM MST
To: Michael L Weinstein <mikeyw4444@icloud.com>

You are in the news almost every day if you want to make the world a better place may I suggest suicide!

(name withheld)

To see response from
MRFF Advisory Board Member Lawrence Wilkerson, Col. U.S. Army (Ret.), Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s Chief of Staff (2002-05)

Below are even more examples of the vile hate mail coming in by the minute with responses from MRFF Board
& Advisory Board Members and Supporters.
"Wreaths Across America"
"Wreaths"
"Wreaths Across America"
"Christmas Wreath
"Toxic"
"You just blew it, big time"
"You sound like an ASS!"
"Fuck you"
"Wreaths and Freedom"
"Christmas wreaths"
"Why?"
"Leave them alone"
"Really?"
"Are you real???"
"Christmas Wreaths"
"Wreaths"
"Non Concur"
"Wreaths"
"Find a better way"
"You go girl"
"What is the problem with wreaths?"
"Wreaths"
"Wreaths"
"You are the GRINCH!"
"You need to dump ole Mickey"
"Military Caves to Bullies, Yanks Faith-Dog Tags!"
MRFF's Inbox
"Ambiguously uniformed “evaluation” from Charity Navigator Vice President"

On Dec 14, 2021, at 2:02 PM, James Currie wrote:

Having recently served as Executive Director of a not-for-profit organization, during which time I gained some knowledge of the compensation structure of the nonprofit world, it would appear that Charity Navigator overlooked a very important distinction between MRFF and certain other non-profits. To wit, many nonprofits have large budgets because they serve as pass-throughs for money given out in the form of grants. MRFF does not do that. The totality of its budget, I would suspect, is devoted to salaries and office overhead, including security personnel who protect MRFF’s employees from the whackos who threaten them on a regular basis. I am familiar with compensation of the Executive Directors/CEOs of perhaps thirty or thirty-five nonprofit groups, and I do not know one of them who puts in the hours that Mikey does. As you can verify, I am a regular contributor to MRFF, and I never feel more comfortable than when I am writing that check or sending that electronic contribution to MRFF.

Col. James T. Currie, USA (Ret.), Ph.D.
"Explosive Coverage from Fox News & UPI of MRFF’s Effort to Stop Jewish and Other Non-Christian Veterans’ Graves from Being “Christianized”"

From: (name withheld)
Subject: Re: Explosive Coverage from Fox News & UPI of MRFF’s Effort to Stop Jewish and Other Non-Christian Veterans’ Graves from Being “Christianized”
Date: December 14, 2021 at 4:55:28 PM MST

Hi Mikey,

Thanks for putting the spotlight on this Wreaths Across America grift. Don’t know if you have seen the Jersey Mike’s Sub commercials promoting their donations to the wreath scammers, but I’ve attached a screenshot from their commercial on this evening’s NBC Nightly News broadcast.

Regards,
(name withheld), USAF (Ret)
"Wreaths Across America"

From: (name withheld)
Subject: Wreaths Across America
Date: December 14, 2021 at 4:27:58 PM MST

I want to let you personally know of my feelings toward you and your organization in reference to your protest against Wreaths Across America.
Our country was founded on the backs of patriots and very often those patriots gave their lives in the service and protection of our country. They asked very little of their country other than the love and respect of its citizens for their country as they so loved and respected it. Those that served and did not lose their lives in the service of their country most often felt the same way.

[...]

(name withheld)

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