The Republicans' NDAA includes a provision to limit troops' interactions with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation. As stevebenen writes, that's awfully tough to defend.
It’s no secret that House Republicans took a bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act, loaded it up with culture war priorities, and turned the package into a far-right wish list. What’s less well known is the full list of changes GOP members approved.
For those unfamiliar with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, the civil liberties group was created by Mikey Weinstein, a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, a veteran, and an attorney who worked in the Reagan White House. He’s also an ardent proponent of the separation of church and state. As the Military Times’ report noted, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has kept busy in pursuit of its goals: “The nonprofit claims to have served around 84,000 service members over the course of its 18-year history, defending its clients from unwanted proselytizing and scrubbing DoD installations clean of religious symbolism.”
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