“President Obama can’t veto the First Amendment, so he’s doing the next best thing: refusing to let his troops exercise it. In his most combative move yet, the administration warned Congress yesterday that it strongly opposes Rep. John Fleming’s religious freedom amendment, which sailed through the House Armed Services Committee with bipartisan support. Now, the administration is taking its spite to new heights by threatening to withhold a year’s worth of defense funding over a simple amendment protecting the same rights our troops fight for every day. The administration, which had been content to drive faith underground in the military, is moving to its next phase: driving faith out. Welcome to Obama’s military, where open homosexuality is encouraged but open belief is not.” – Hate group leader Tony Perkins, via press release.