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Retired Col.: Military is ‘Pulling Rug Out from Under’ Chaplains by Not Enforcing DOMA

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» Retired Col.: Military is ‘Pulling Rug Out from Under’ Chaplains by Not Enforcing DOMAhttp://www.irnnews.com/2011/05/31/retired-col-military-is-pulling-rug-out-from-under-chaplains-by-not-enforcing-doma/A former combat officer and military chaplain says this Memorial Day leaves him concerned about military chaplains, who currently face the threat of a military that is rushing headlong to introduce homosexuality and same-sex marriage into the armed services — and an administration that is ignoring the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

“(H)ere we are as a nation, pulling the rug out from under soldiers — really, is what we’re doing — and commanders to really defend this nation,” said Bishop John Neal, head of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches.

 

 

Defense bill gives cold shoulder to gay marriage

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Defense bill gives cold shoulder to gay marriage | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Defense bill gives cold shoulder to gay marriage | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.comhttp://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/defense-bill-gives-cold-shoulder-gay-marriageThe complex $690 billion defense bill passed by the U.S. House last week includes military pay raises, money for more aircraft and ships and $119 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.The legislation, without a lot of fanfare, also takes aim at gay marriage. It would effectively prohibit military installations from hosting same-sex weddings and would bar Defense Department chaplains or civilians from performing such ceremonies as part of their official duties.

The military also would only recognize marriages between a man and a woman.

 

 

OPERATION TOUCH OF HOME

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OPERATION TOUCH OF HOME | KVAL CBS 13 - News, Weather and Sports - Eugene, OR - Eugene, Oregon YouNews™

OPERATION TOUCH OF HOME | KVAL CBS 13 – News, Weather and Sports – Eugene, OR – Eugene, Oregon YouNews™http://www.kval.com/younews/122899459.htmlBethesda Lutheran Church quilters in Eugene have been busy this past year making quilts for the military serving overseas, mostly in war zones. The quilts are cot size (40” x 65”) and most are red, white/tan and blue.

Minn. man whose brother’s electrocution death in Iraq led to criminal probe is deployed

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Minn. man whose brother's electrocution death in Iraq led to criminal probe is deployed :: The Republic

Minn. man whose brother’s electrocution death in Iraq led to criminal probe is deployed :: The Republichttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/1a40e154067c43e095fb1147357fda64/MN–Soldier-Electrocuted-Brother/SOUTH ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota man whose brother’s death in Iraq sparked a criminal probe has now been deployed to the same conflict.

U.S. Army chaplain Brad Cedergren deployed Friday with the Minnesota National Guard’s 1st Brigade Combat Team.

 

 

Retired Officers Honor Memorial Day

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Retired Officers Honor Memorial Day | The Pilot: Southern Pines, NChttp://www.thepilot.com/news/2011/may/31/retired-officers-honor-memorial-day/Jack Wood – president of the Sandhills Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America – welcomed those attending the annual Memorial Day service at The Village Chapel in Pinehurst.

“The observance of Memorial Day began as a day of reconciliation and remembrance right after the Civil War,” he said. “The holiday gradually evolved over the years to include honoring and remembering Americans who died in all of our nation’s wars.”

After a color guard of students from Pinecrest High School’s Air Force JROTC posted the colors and the chapter’s chaplain Thomas A. Parsons offered an invocation, a Pearl Harbor attack survivor Roy S. Boreen led the congregation in pledging allegiance to the flag.

 

 

Huntington grad selected to lead prayer at national Memorial Day service

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Huntington grad selected to lead prayer at national Memorial Day service – The Lufkin Daily News: Local & Statehttp://lufkindailynews.com/news/local/article_0a509098-8b9b-11e0-b1db-001cc4c03286.htmlA 1970 Huntington High School graduate will lead the invocation at the national Memorial Day service today at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

Col. Steven Berry, the Command Chaplain for the Joint Force Headquarters — National Capital Region and the Military District of Washington, said he’s a home-grown Angelina County boy who found his calling for ministry within the military.

The national Memorial Day ceremony, in which Berry will speak, begins at 11 a.m. in Arlington National Cemetery with a wreath laid at the Tomb of the Unknowns. A remembrance ceremony, hosted by the Department of Defense, will follow in the Memorial Amphitheater, according to the Department of Defense website.

 

 

Pittsburg State commemorates Memorial Day

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Pittsburg State commemorates Memorial Day - Pittsburg, KS - Morning Sun

Pittsburg State commemorates Memorial Day – Pittsburg, KS – Morning Sunhttp://www.morningsun.net/topstories/x724659591/Pittsburg-State-commemorates-Memorial-DayThe senator said that he is also committed to trying to get a Congressional Medal of Honor for Fr. Emil Kapaun, U.S. Army  chaplain who died in 1951 in a North Korean prison camp.“He  lived up to the highest ideas of a chaplain, serving for God and country,” Moran said. “Fr. Kapaun carried his comrades on his back when they couldn’t walk and gave away his meager rations.”

Following the ceremony, Moran said those working for the chaplain’s medal hope to get it before U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, a Wichita  native, leaves office.

“The Secretary of the U.S. Army has already given his approval,” the senator said. “What it comes down to is getting President Obama’s approval.”

 

 

Memorial Day: Chaplains – A Reminder that We Are One Nation Under God

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Memorial Day: Chaplains - A Reminder that We Are One Nation Under God - U.s. - Catholic Online

Memorial Day: Chaplains – A Reminder that We Are One Nation Under God – U.s. – Catholic Onlinehttp://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=41602WASHINGTON (Catholic Online) – I’m a veteran. Not just a military veteran (which I am) but a Memorial Day Parade veteran. My career began in Cub Scouts, marching what felt like 50 miles through downtown. As I grew older I graduated in assignments from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts and then Marching Band. When I returned from Vietnam, I again marched on Memorial Day in my naval uniform complete with campaign ribbons.

The parade always ended at the cemetery where wreaths were placed around the war memorial and flowers decorated the stone monoliths marking the graves of departed soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen.

The markers meant a lot more to me on the other side of serving. I knew friends who had fallen and watched plenty of tracer bullets from the deck of my destroyer whose targets could have ended in death.

Church service honors ‘sacrifices of our fallen’

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Church service honors 'sacrifices of our fallen' | The Montgomery Advertiser | montgomeryadvertiser.com

Church service honors ‘sacrifices of our fallen’ | The Montgomery Advertiser | montgomeryadvertiser.comhttp://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20110530/NEWS01/105300312/Church-service-honors-sacrifices-our-fallen-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Frontpage|pThose in the armed forces who have given their lives have paid the ultimate price in war so that others might have peace, said a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan.

U.S. Army Chaplain (Maj.) Roger McCay, a Montgomery native, spoke to hundreds Sunday at the third annual “Service of Remembrance for Our Nation’s Fallen in All Wars” at Trinity Presbyterian Church.

“In the sacrifices of our fallen, we glorify God,” he said. “We must never, ever take for granted how blessed we are. We must never … forget sacrifices.”

 

 

Artists Paint Portraits Of Fallen Soldiers For Families

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Artists Paint Portraits Of Fallen Soldiers - San Antonio & Texas News Story - KSAT San Antonio

Artists Paint Portraits Of Fallen Soldiers – San Antonio & Texas News Story – KSAT San Antoniohttp://www.ksat.com/news/28076416/detail.htmlSAN ANTONIO — Memorial Day weekend is a time for fun, but it is also a time for Americans to stop and remember those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.Kaziah Hancock is an artist from Utah. In 2003, she started doing her part to help ease the pain of the loss. She painted the portrait of a fallen soldier and presented it to the family. She has now painted more than 800.

 

 

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