Military: The coach can share his Bible verses!
December 12, 2016
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation’s attempt to stop Steed Lobotzke from evangelizing via Tweeter has failed. The Air Force Academy has determined that the football assistant coach is not in violation.
- The Air Force Academy has determined a football assistant coach tweeting out Bible verses from his personal account is not in violation of any law or rule, despite howling from an anti-religious military group.
- Mikey Weinstein, head of The Military Religious Freedom Foundation voiced his complaints about the shared Bible verses on Twitter from coach Lobotzke according to a report from The Gazette.
- Steed Lobotzke’s Twitter bio states that he’s a “Follower of Christ,” but it also explicitly states that his tweets from the account @CoachLobotzke are his own views.
- It is clear that the anti-religious group went after the Christian coach for his personal faith and believes.
- One tweet that went out at about 5:00 A.M. on Monday was from 1 Peter 3:14. Lobotzke wrote: “But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed.” And do not (part 1) be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.” (part 2).
A few Bible verses on a private social media platform were apparently enough to send Mikey Weinstein into hysterics, accusing Steed Lobotzke of “Christian evangelizing via twitter, blatantly defying Air Force regulations.” Weinstein is the head of The Military Religious Freedom Foundation.
“Today, the Air Force Academy senior leadership clearly shows that unchecked Christian extremism is worse than ever at the Academy, especially on its football team, with the shocking discovery of what the football team’s Tight Ends Coach, Steed Lobotzke, a 1992 USAFA grad, has been doing with his official USAFA football twitter account,” MRFF told The Gazette in a statement. “Lobotzke’s official twitter feed is filled with illicit proselytizing in the name of Jesus Christ and even includes such biblical citations juxtaposed with pictures of official football team meetings.”
But the Air Force doesn’t seem to share Weinstein’s sentiment, instead noting that the Twitter accounts of coaches are personal and have no connection to the Air Force Academy Athletic Department, as reported by The Daily Caller.
“The Academy remains committed to protecting individuals’ right to practice any religion they choose, or no religion, provided their practices do not violate policy or law, or impede mission accomplishment, military readiness, unit cohesion, standards or discipline.”
Weinstein reportedly reacted to The Air Force’s decision and insinuated that this would not be the last of this.
Original article by The Daily Caller / TRUNEWS summary.
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