Controversy Erupts Over Jesus Painting at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

'Anti-Christian activist' viciously attacks DOT Sec. Duffy for seeking return of Jesus painting at Merchant Marine Academy

A New York-based activist group successfully pushed in 2023 to have a historic painting depicting Jesus Christ covered up at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, where it had been proudly displayed for 76 years without incident. The alleged motivation behind this act of iconoclasm, which resulted in the painting's exile to the building's flood-prone basement, was to create "a welcoming environment." When Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signa…

Controversy Erupts Over Jesus Painting at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

A recent incident at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) in Kings Point, New York, has sparked heated debate, as attorney Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), sharply criticized midshipmen for celebrating the restoration of a historic Jesus painting. Weinstein’s inflammatory remarks, labeling the midshipmen “Christian nationalist insects” and “cowards,” have […]