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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- A new billboard near Garden of the Gods and I-25 in Colorado Springs has a lot of people talking.

The billboard says "Shame on the USAFA," among other things.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation paid for the billboard.

The founder and president, Michael "Mikey" Weinstein, said his organization commissioned the billboard after it was contact by numerous cadets, faculty members and staff upset with an internet link the Air Force Academy sent out.

"People buy billboards to get attention, we wanted to get attention," Weinstein said.

The billboard is a response to the internet link www.jewfaq.org, an "online encyclopedia of Judaism."

"This appeared to be some sort of idiotic oversight by the academy, this is incredibly insensitive to religious issues, and issues that involve anything other than being a white, Ango-Saxon, Protestant male," Weinstein said.

Weinstein said the reglious website is "reprehensible, homophobic and sexist."

He said 21 of his organization's clients, who are currently affiliated with the AFA, contacted him about the link.

"The academy refused to take it down, we gave them a deadline of a week ago this past Wednesday," he said.

The Air Force Academy said the link was simply intended as a resource for airmen, as the Fast of Esther was on February 21.

The religious link was one of many the academy sent out or posted.

"They put that website up to explain Judaism, which is massively offensive because it gives it from only one perspective, the extremely Orthodox perspective," Weinstein said.

Along with he billboard, the MRFF has also organized a protest-rally for Friday at the intersection of Academy and Voyager.

The Air Force Academy released this statement in response to the billboard: "One of the main missions of the academy is to ensure all members are treated with respect, fairness and equality. We respect, value and provide the ultimate care for all our members, regardless of gender, race, creed, color ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation.

Since the Congress' repeal of DADT, Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual military members have openly served with honor and distinction--and we will continue to foster a climate that rewards our people for merit, not any other factor.