"Threat Prayers" Target Of Former Reagan Official's Lawsuit

Dallas Morning News:

A former military lawyer who served in the Reagan White House and worked for Ross Perot is suing a Dallas-based religious organization in a case that could test the limits of free speech and prayer.

Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, said he wants Gordon Klingenschmitt, a former U.S. Navy chaplain, to "stop asking Jesus to plunder my fields ... seize my assets, kill me and my family then wipe away our descendants for 10 generations."

Read the whole story: Dallas Morning News

Comments

[bujudude]

11:12 AM on 10/06/2009

The far-right Republicans have been cultivating (please note the root word "cult", heh, heh...) relationships with lunatic evangelicals for decades now. In this way, the farther right the congreation and preacher, the more they can fire up their base by falsely telling them that they are not "good Christians" unless they vote for people like Bush and Michele Bachmann.

Plus, it feeds into their narcissistic delusions of granduer, since Repubs who have all but annhilated the constitution and rule of law can portray themselves as the only "true" Americans and patriots, just as the far-right evangelicals who have been spewing racist and anti-American drivel for generations can claim to be the "true" Christians. A marriage made in hell if there ever was one.

[111]

09:13 AM on 10/06/2009

I think it will be a difficult case to win because Klingenschmitt quotes the bible so they aren't his words.

Weinstein is right to be afraid since he is receiving death threats, had a swastika emblazoned on his home, animal carcasses left on his doorstep and feces thrown at the house.

BTW - Klingenschmitt, has a website, pray in jesus name project, where he is fighting "Obamacare".
On that same website he is fighting to keep his own government health care benefits and government subsidized housing.

[NoahVail]

11:10 AM on 10/06/2009

"Weinstein, 54, said his family has received death threats, had a swastika emblazoned on their home in New Mexico, animal carcasses left on their doorstep and feces thrown at the house."

If it were just "prayer" there would be no problem, but these nuts are inciting other "religious" nuts to abuse this guy and his family.

[Chris Rodda]

01:02 PM on 10/06/2009

The incidents at Mikey's house have actually gone far beyond the examples listed in the article. He has actually had the windows of his house shot out, people on his roof terrorizing his daughter, and other things like that.

The creepiest thing is when the fundamentalists get their little Christian children to call Mikey's house and sing songs about killing him and his family.

[Cye]

08:40 AM on 10/06/2009

Its amazing the hypocracy these types of Christians can accommodate.

[conscioushope]

08:30 AM on 10/06/2009

These rightie "Christians" seem to make me wonder about reverse evolution.

[truthartbeauty]

07:55 AM on 10/06/2009

It is amazing that people so stupid, like spoiled stupid children that believe in their fairytale nonsense can continue to menace the world for the adults.

[emrogers]

07:39 AM on 10/06/2009

And these guys think they're different from the Taliban because....?

[NoahVail]

11:10 AM on 10/06/2009

Turbans?

[emrogers]

07:00 AM on 10/06/2009

Let's see, a guy with the name Klingenschmitt threatening a guy with the name Weinstein. There a new story for ya.

[ShinjiIkari]

08:29 AM on 10/06/2009

LOL funny but sad.

[ImissBush]

06:05 PM on 10/07/2009

or a weinstein suing..

[emrogers]

06:40 AM on 10/06/2009

How surprising that a German is going after a Jew - really shocking.

[dagmaclugh39]

06:24 AM on 10/06/2009

"So many gods, so many creeds;
so many paths that wind and wind,
While all this sad world needs
Is the gentle art of being kind."

[emrogers]

07:01 AM on 10/06/2009

Blasphemy!!!!

[conscioushope]

08:25 AM on 10/06/2009

dagma~

Thank you.

It really does not need to be so difficult, does it?

[ILuvBubbles]

05:31 AM on 10/06/2009

Why don't he just hire a voodoo doctor to counteract the "threat prayers"?! Tit for tat sort of speak! Idiots.

[roald]

11:03 AM on 10/06/2009

Threat prayers made in private can have no impact except in the mind of the prayer. When made in public, they become death threats.

[mcmutter]

04:25 AM on 10/06/2009

Rumor is Tillman was murdered because he was an avowed agnostic. Ask McChystal.

[ImissBush]

06:06 PM on 10/07/2009

atheistic actually

[zorak1704]

04:01 AM on 10/06/2009

In all of my 40 years of living , I have never been accosted by a Muslim, Jew or a Buddist forcing their religion on me. On the other hand, Christians...

[truthartbeauty]

07:56 AM on 10/06/2009

all religions are a menace to mankind. Who do you think bombed the world trade center....buddhists???? I dont think so. they were MUSLIMS

[conscioushope]

08:27 AM on 10/06/2009

"truth"~

As Ghandi said, he admired Christ, but not Christians. (paraphrased)

The rightie "Christians" are heretics.

[Tim303]

02:28 AM on 10/06/2009

Thou shalt not put the Lord thy God to the test. Wasn't that one of those commandment thingies they wanted nailed up in front of some courthouse somewhere?

[vinnieboiblue]

02:07 AM on 10/06/2009

In a nutshell, this is basically why our "founding fathers" put in the Constitution,"the separation of Church an State". They had the foresight to see to it, that if this country is to be truly "free an democratic", religion has to be kept out of government, an be a personal matter and or trait. For any church to incite "evil thoughts an acts" goes beyond decency, an should have their tax exempt status revoked. There should be no churches of only one denomination, on any base of which American personnel serve. Our country is adored by many for having so many different religions an basically co-existing an mutual respect. People came to America to escape religious persecution.

[dadw5boys]

12:50 AM on 10/06/2009

They are rewritting the bible. Will make a lot of stuff legal in the Right Wing Republcan Bible.