Christians Write Profanity Laced Letters, Claims New Book

Bonnie Weinstein, wife of Mikey Weinstein, the controversial president and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, has released a new book titled You Can Be a Good Speller, or Hater, But You Can’t Be Both, which claims to contain a sampling of vitriolic letters written by Christians to her husband over the years. Some of the letters cited in the book contain foul language, anti-Semitic rants, and claims the Military Religious Freedom Foundation hates America.

According to the Christian Post, Mikey Weinstein, who’s known for his frequent battles against Christians in attempts to limit their influence in the military, has also spoken out against a number of conservative Christian groups, calling them “fundamentalist Christian monsters.”

Weinstein was quizzed by Congressman Randy Forbes last month in an appearance before the House Armed Services Committee’s subcommittee on military personnel. Weinstein, along with several other witnesses, testified before Congress on the military’s current policy for religious accommodation. A new report released today by Americans United for Separation of Church & State addresses Weinstein’s allegations and those of fundamentalist Christian organizations regarding abuses of religious rights in the military. Weinstein’s activism on this issue has led to plenty of critics, according to the Washington Post.

It is this activism for religious freedom in the military which Bonnie Weinstein claims has caused her husband to receive over 500 pieces of Christian hate mail a year and which she has compiled as a testimony to what, she says, goes beyond simply disliking her husband and his organization.

“We should come up with a new word that really describes this stuff. It’s beyond hate,” she told Salon. “A lot of people will say these letter writers are not true Christians, but they are acting as if this is what their lord wants them to do. This is how they behave and they justify it through Jesus.”

Weinstein, however, has not just come under fire from conservative Christian groups. He has allegedly made enemies with some military personnel after doggedly pursuing his cause and threatening litigation most notably in a case against the Air Force dubbed “Whiteboard Gate,” in which a cadet posted a Bible verse on a whiteboard on his door. More recently, an ongoing dispute with the University of North Georgia Corps of Cadets and their observance of prayer has created tension, according to the Dahlonega Nugget. Some see his zeal for religious freedom in the military as disingenuous.

The Stars and Stripes reports Weinstein was questioned about his salary for running the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, and its disparity with other military support groups. An examination, by the Air Force Times, of Weinstein’s filings with the IRS found what Weinstein pays himself for running MRFF is well more than the typical top salaries at most nonprofits, military-related or otherwise. His compensation for 2012 was $273,355 and the total revenue for the non-profit was $584,341.

Bonnie Weinstein is hoping her book will cause readers to understand she and her husband are not anti-religion but support the rights of all religions, including even those of an atheist chaplain, as reported previously by the Inquisitr.

“When one proudly dons a U.S. Military uniform, there is only one religious symbol; the American flag. There is only one religious scripture; the American Constitution. Finally, there is only one religious faith: American patriotism.”