Fox News provides a warm and sympathetic pulpit for Christians who feel that their First Amendment rights are being violated. But those who push back against what they feel are violations of the First Amendment's "establishment clause," by overzealous Christians, are targets of Fox's opprobrium. Mikey Weinstein, who is head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, seems to have replaced Cindy Sheehan as Fox's number one persona non grata because of his advocacy for those, in the military, who feel that their religious freedom is being violated by those with religious agendas. Last year, Megyn Kelly, during a sneering interview with Weinstein, suggested that his group put Christian religious liberty "at risk." Thursday night, she hosted Dr. and Mrs. Pat Dobson (?) for a sweet, Christian attack on Weinstein who wasn't there to defend himself. So much for Kelly's claim to be "fair & balanced."
After showing treacly video of a guy asking his god to watch over the military and school children praying that - wait for it - their school department "selects a curriculum that is honoring to you," Kelly dramatically reported that OMG the National Day of Prayer has "come under attack from an atheist group" that "is now demanding that no uniformed military personnel be allowed to participate in this event claiming it violates Defense Department regulations." She introduced Dr. and Mrs. Dobson who are closely connected to the National Day of Prayer.
In prefacing her question to Dr. Dobson (formerly of Focus on the Family, now with a radio ministry) she cited how Fox nemesis Mikey Weinstein (Head of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, "challenges a lot of events." She summarized Weinstein's position. Dr. Dobson, former head of Focus on the Family who now has a radio ministry, Family Talk, dismissed Weinstein as just "one loud voice" and a "professional atheist" who is "paid a very large salary." He claimed that "national days of prayer are an American tradition" because a bunch of presidents "called for a National Day of Prayer." He praised the awesomeness of prayer gatherings on the National Day of Prayer.
Megyn Kelly Joins In Mikey Weinstein Smear Fest - NewsHounds
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