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"Ten thousand cadets and staff at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, open up their federally-funded newspaper and see an a solicitation signed by hundreds of Academy senior officials and their spouses unabashedly proclaiming, “We believe that the only real hope for mankind is Jesus Christ!” Cadets are bombarded with official command “encouragement” to see the movie The Passion of the Christ at local movie theatres, and stridently sectarian fliers are strategically placed at every cadet’s seat for three straight days in the Academy dining hall. The Air Force Deputy Chief of Chaplains tells a New York Times Reporter, in a front page story, that it is now official U.S, Air Force policy to “Reserve the right to evangelize the un-churched.” (W: April 26 M the Washington Post (July 16 2006)"

"A vitally important book at a critical time in our nation’s history, With God on our Side is the story of one man’s courageous struggle to thwart a tsunami of evangelism permeating America’s military and to prevent a taxpayer-funded theocracy in which only the true believers have powers."

-- From Background on the Book


"If you care about the growing power of the evangelicals in our national politics and their ability to shape our policy, then you need to read this book. It's not just about one or two isolated instances of religious discrimination; it's about the systemic abuse of power of some of the leadership in one of our most prestigious institutions, The United States Air Force Academy.

"The abuses described are, on one hand, almost unbelievable in this day and age but on the other, totally believable in this day and age. It also makes us aware of the necessity to keep the government from sanctioning, or even appearing to sanction, one religion over another or one religion over no religion. Read the book and do your part to keep our military members free from other people's religion(s). No one should be allowed to take advantage of the captive audience that is cadets at service academies or Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines serving honorably anywhere."

-- An Online Reviewer


"Michael L. ("Mikey") Weinstein is the founder and leader of the national movement to restore the Constitutionally mandated separation of church and state throughout the United States armed forces. In just two years, since the movement began, Weinstein has played a pivotal role in the national debate raging over this controversial issue. Weinstein's efforts have received wide coverage with numerous articles in publications including The New York Times, the Washington Post, the Denver Post, Air Force Times, The Hill and the Albuquerque Tribune. He has also made appearances on CNN, Talk Radio News Network, Michigan Talk Radio Network, Washington Post Radio, the Guy James Show, WNOG (Ft. Meyers, FL) and WINK (Naples, FL).

Weinstein has taken on the powers-that-be in the U.S. government, especially the Department of Defense, as well as those same entities in the growing evangelical Christian movement. In October of 2005 he filed suit in federal court against the Air Force to end illegal proselytizing and evangelizing. In March 2006, Weinstein announced the formation of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org) - a watchdog organization dedicated to ensuring all members of the United States Armed Forces fully receive the Constitutional guarantees of religious freedom.

Weinstein is an attorney and businessman who served on active duty in the United States Air Force as a Judge Advocate (JAG) for 10 years stationed at military installations in California, New Mexico, Illinois and Washington D.C. He served as a Federal prosecutor and defense attorney as well as the Air Force's first Chief of Telecommunications and Information Systems Procurement Law. Weinstein also spent over three years as an attorney in the Reagan White House serving in the Office of Management and Budget under White House Budget Director David Stockman and as Assistant General Counsel in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, White House Office of Administration. He was selected by White House staff, under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, to serve as the Committee Management Officer of the President's Special Review Board for the "Iran-Contra" Investigation; known as the "Tower Commission.""


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