Veteran Declares War Against Military Proselytizing

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Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2006

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Features an interview with Mikey Weinstein, who is suing the U.S. Air Forces for out-of-control Christian proselytizing and who blew the whistle on abuses at the Colorado Springs Air Force Academy. Music includes the song, "We, the People." A brief Theocracy Alert sounds the alarm on U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris' recent remarks. Freethinkers Almanac looks at a freethought heroine, Frances Wright. (MP3, 45 min, 20.4 MB)

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0:00.0	It's time to wake up. Stay tuned for Free Thought Radio, the only weekly Free Thought Radio broadcast anywhere.
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0:20.0	Imagine there's no heaven.
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0:29.6	No hell below us us above us only sky
0:46.8	Happy September.
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1:01.8	And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist.
1:06.1	Stay with us for the next hour to hear some irreverent views,
1:14.0	some irreverent news, especially about state church separation, and some music that you won't hear on any other radio show. Remember this.
1:22.9	If salvation is the cure, then atheism is the prevention.
1:29.9	Today's show will feature a short Theocracy Alert.
1:33.8	Unfortunately, some more bad news out there.
1:36.2	Then we'll be talking with a very fascinating guest, Mikey Weinstein, a New Mexican
1:41.0	who has been capturing headlines for blowing the whistle on institutionalized Christian evangelism in the U.S. Air Force.
1:50.0	Mikey Weinstein has founded the Military Religious Freedom Foundation and has a new book out this month about his fight against religion in the military,
1:58.3	and we'll be talking with him in a few minutes.
2:00.9	And we'll also play a little free thought music later in the show.
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