Eagle Scout’s Memorial Called a ‘Wretched, Unconstitutional Dumpster Fire’ Because it Includes Name of Christ
By: Todd Starnes
The intolerance of the secular progressive left groups in question here is duly noted. The hate and bigotry displayed by FFRF type groups toward believers is well exposed here, even when the believers are children or members of our military. The man mentioned in the story and his group need to apologize to the young Eagle Scout and to his community.
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A Colorado Eagle Scout who wanted to honor military veterans has been nationally shamed by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation because his capstone project included a reference to Jesus Christ.
Michael Carlson, a 16-year-old from the town of Monument, spent two years raising private donations for a memorial to honor military veterans. Michael is the son of a Vietnam War veteran and the grandson of a World War II veteran.
The memorial was erected on private property using private funds in the Monument cemetery.
At one end of the wall is a headstone engraved with the sentences, “Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American soldier. One died for your soul, the other died for your freedom. We honor those who made freedom a reality.”
On the opposite end of the wall is another marker with a plaque thanking all the donors to the project, topped with a sculpture of a pair of combat boots, a rifle standing upright on its stock and a combat helmet hanging on the end of its barrel, known as a battlefield cross, the Tribune newspaper reported.
Those sentences triggered the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a notorious organization that has a history of targeting any manifestations of Christianity in the military.
Mikey Weinstein, founder of the MRFF, called the memorial a "blatant" violation of the U.S. Constitution and demanded that it be removed.
"It is simply unconstitutional for your Town to be using taxpayer funds to promote any religious faith, as herein, Christianity,” Weinstein wrote in a letter to the town’s mayor. "The obviously and incontrovertibly sectarian, Christian proselytizing message of that Veterans Memorial would be absolutely fine in a private cemetery, but in a publicly maintained and controlled cemetery, as in this instant matter, it is quite unconstitutional and illegal."
In an interview with “The Friendly Atheist,” he called the teenage boy’s memorial a “wretched, unconstitutional dumpster fire.”
First Liberty Institute, one of the nation’s most prominent religious liberty law firms, is representing the city and they are demanding an apology from Weinstein.
“You're going after a 16-year-old kid and calling his capstone Eagle Scout project a wretched dumpster fire,” First Liberty Institute’s Jeremy Dys said during an interview on The Todd Starnes Radio Show.
“How many other 16-year-old kids does this guy abuse across the country like this,” Dys asked. “Whenever I see anybody abusing a kid, whether he's 16 or 15 or less, I think the minimum thing we should expect from people like that is an apology. But when they go after a 16-year-old kid for simply doing a patriotic project as a part of his Eagle Scout project.”
Even the so-called “Friendly Atheist” attacked the Eagle Scout’s memorial calling it “an obvious promotion of religion. The city might as well put up another monument giving a big middle finger to Jews, Muslims, and atheists.”
Dys said the Military Religious Freedom Foundation should muster the courage to do the right thing and apologize to the teenager.
“You have slandered and just absolutely been insulting towards this young kid who was just simply trying to do a peaceful thing, a patriotic thing in respect of those men and women who died serving our country,” Dys said, speaking directly to Weinstein.
I think it's all the more requiring that they offer an apology here, the attorney said.
“I think it's perfectly right for the town of Monument, Colorado, to insist that Mr. Weinstein apologize for the massive insults he's made towards the 16-year-old boy who is just trying to do something to honor the men and women who have served in our armed forces.”
Whatever the reason Mr. Weinstein lashed out at an innocent child, he needs to apologize.
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My guess is that general was a paper pushing ground pounder REMF who most likely managed to avoid a single day of combat near the front lines. Wonder how many of his subordinates hated his behind? Zero respect for the hypocrite general!
In addition, said memorial was erected on private property therefore it seems MRFF does not have a legal leg to stand. All they can do is spread their hatefull rhetoric from a distance. Kudos and God bless to that young Eagle Scout for a job well done!
I looked up the general's bio and I was right. The guy spent his entire career in scientific and stateside R&D assignments. Not one day ever in a front line or combat zone! I would not follow that guy to the latrine let alone into combat.
How the hell do you reach a general rank and never served in combat?
Kav , i looked Marty up,seems he is a scientist and a career scholar , and was in charge of the USAFA curriculum......spent entire career kissing ass in a classroom. and being its AF its entirely possable the only bad bush he had ever been in was in the red light district.
Not quite.
The monuments were erected on public property.
The city has since sold the plot to the kid's family 03/21/21 ( about ten days prior to the first KRDO link ).
This flap had been going on for months, hence the comment in bold in comment 2.
France and others believe that was not the correct legal recourse.
France is also right about mixing DOD symbols on a monument that is religious and not a persons headstone.
Two big reasons come to mind.
#1 is he was a USAF acadamy grad with heavyweight scientific and academics.
#2 would be family connections with powerful patrons.
I saw it happen quite frequently in my 20 years of Naval service.
Understood. My thanks for the corrections.
true but the opposite situation done for altruistic reasons & the Court grandfathered it. This is the opposite case where
the transfer in property is deliberately to avoid legal compliance.
It is a work around to evade an acknowledged problem, otherwise they would have continued to fight mrff
They also did it secretly.
The cemetery in question does not appear to be run by the VA or the State of CO, so they might just get away with that.
The one monument still seems to run afoul of mixing official DOD symbols with a religious message.
Monument will win the local battles. The CO Supreme Court may disagree.
It is still a valid court case, all the hand wringing by both sides, put aside the name calling.
Doesn't matter if it was Scouts or Little Sisters of the Poor.
Interesting that this individual seems to have their history a bit wrong. Millions of Jews have died at the hands of Christians for about hundreds of years. Maybe that is why they are so touchy about religion being introduced into our country that is unique in the fact that we don't have a national religion.
So if there was a point being made, it got lost with that disgusting bigoted remark.
And for clarity, that was not directed to SP but to the comment he posted.
watch out tex , they got a one star on their side , with them they have to get out after 5 years in grade or 30 years overall service, which ever comes second , this one was commissioned in 81 so some can figure that out.
This one i would gladly give a crisp , left handed one finger salute and tell them to suck a rooster turd out of their dick since the shit they have for brains has gone bad .....
Agreed. See post #'s 3.1.1 and 3.1.3 above.
“The memorial was erected on private property using private funds in the Monument cemetery.”
private property, private funds. Lil mikey can shove it up his ass.
Technically incorrect which is one reason Lil mikey is upset.
The two memorial's were originally within the Veteran's cemetery which to my knowledge are never private property and cost nothing for the veteran.
In NC they are maintained by the state or Federal government. I presume that is the same in every state.
Because of month's of public heat by MFFF, the city decided to sell the plot privately to the kids family about three weeks ago.
So now, temporarily, at least, it is deemed private property.
I bet MRFF and Westborough Baptist Church would get along famously at a barbeque!