Anti-Muslim Speaker Disinvited From Army Base (Video)
June 7, 2016
by Michael Allen
After retired Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin was disinvited from a prayer breakfast at the Fort Riley, Kansas, military base, Boykin, who has a history of anti-Muslim remarks, blamed President Barack Obama (video below).
Boykin, who'd been invited to speak at the breakfast, was allegedly uninvited following a complaint from Military Religious Freedom Foundation founder Mikey Weinstein, notes the Army Times.
Weinstein demanded that 1st ID commander Maj. Gen. Wayne Grigsby "immediately withdraw" Boykin for his past comments that included a comparison of the war on terrorism to a war on Satan, and a claim that Islam was "not just a religion, it's a totalitarian way of life" that shouldn't have legal protection per the First Amendment.
Boykin, who is the executive vice president of the Christian-based Family Research Council, made an appearance on Glenn Beck's radio show on June 7 where he blamed Obama and asserted that the First Amendment religious rights of soldiers at Fort Riley are being violated because they would not hear him speak as scheduled. reports Right Wing Watch:
What this is, Glenn, is they're robbing the soldiers at Fort Riley of their First Amendment rights in the interest of this very small group that, again, is certainly anti-Christian, I believe anti-American, and probably atheist.
They're robbing these soldiers of their First Amendment rights and this is the condition of Obama's military.
This is what you should expect. This is what your sons and daughters are living with every day in a military that is now suppressing their First Amendment rights. It's part of the environment that Obama has created here in America.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=VoDobm7xmak
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/religion/anti-muslim-speaker-disinvited-army-base-video
http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/
