Holder Won’t Defend Military Against Suit to Force Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages | CNSNews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/holder-wont-defend-military-against-suit-force-recognition-same-sex-marriagesWASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is extending its decision to stop defending an anti-gay marriage law to provisions affecting same-sex couples in the military.
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Four Chaplains Monument dedicated near Riverside Park in Sebastian
By Admin 15 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
0Four Chaplains Monument dedicated near Riverside Park in Sebastian | Photo Gallery » TCPalm.comhttp://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/feb/14/four-chaplains-monument-dedicated-near-riverside/SEBASTIAN — At the end of the Four Chaplains Monument dedication ceremonies Tuesday near Riverview Park in Sebastian, Brandon Moore took his young son Titus to meet 89-year-old Ernie Heaton.
The granite monument recognizes Four Chaplains of different faiths who gave up their lives to save others during the sinking of the USAT Dorchester during World II. Heaton was aboard the ship and witnessed the chaplains’ heroic actions as the ship sank into the icy Atlantic after being struck by a German torpedo.
Chaplains risking ‘treason’
By Admin 15 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Chaplains risking ‘treason’ (OneNewsNow.com)http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1533834A former Navy chaplain who was forced out of the service for praying publicly in Jesus’ name while in uniform says the Obama administration is clearly trying to censor military chaplains who dare to speak out against the pro-abortion and pro-homosexual agenda.
Freedom From Religion
By Admin 14 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Freedom From Religion – Opinion – PatriotPost.UShttp://patriotpost.us/opinion/oliver-north/2012/02/10/freedom-from-religion/WASHINGTON — “We don’t need you, so shut up!” That’s the message the Obama administration has sent loud and clear to America’s Roman Catholics. And it’s a message now being sent to U.S. military chaplains — to the detriment of our armed forces.
During World War II, the War Department and the Department of the Navy urged — the operative word is “urged,” not “ordered,” mind you — U.S. military chaplains to encourage soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen and Marines that God was on our side in the global battle against fascists, Nazis and the godless heathens running rampant across Asia and the Pacific. The hymns “Onward, Christian Soldiers” and “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” were sung with fervor at chapel services regardless of denomination.
Proposal could pay for chaplains’ tuition
By Admin 12 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Proposal could pay for chaplains’ tuition | LoudounTimes.comhttp://www.loudountimes.com/index.php/news/article/proposal_could_pay_for_chaplains_tuition898/RICHMOND – Like other members of the National Guard, chaplains enter war zones and risk death on the battlefield. But at least two characteristics set these men and women apart from other members of their units.
First, instead of guns, chaplains are armed largely with prayers and comforting words for their compatriots.
And second, they don’t receive the tuition assistance that other members of the National Guard enjoy. That’s because, under the constitutional principle of separation of church and state, Virginia won’t pay for chaplains’ religious education.
Source: Pentagon to recommend allowing women to serve closer to combat
By Admin 9 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Source: Pentagon To Recommend Allowing Women To Serve Closer To Combat | Fox Newshttp://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/08/source-pentagon-to-recommend-allowing-women-to-serve-closer-to-combat/#ixzz1lr2F34hI?test=latestnewsWASHINGTON – For the past decade women in the U.S. military have served, fought and died on the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.
On Thursday, Pentagon rules will catch up a bit with reality, recommending to Congress that women be allowed to serve in more jobs closer to the front lines.
Protecting service members’ religious freedom
By Admin 9 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Protecting service members’ religious freedom (OneNewsNow.com)http://www.onenewsnow.com/Security/Default.aspx?id=1531380A coalition of military chaplain endorsers is supporting a recently introduced bill that would protect chaplains and other members of the armed forces from being targets of discrimination because they oppose homosexuality.
Army officer wants humanism officially recognized
By Admin 8 February 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Army officer wants humanism officially recognized – San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.mercurynews.com/faith/ci_19919389RALEIGH, N.C.—Soldiers who don’t believe in God can go to war with “Atheist” stamped on their dog tags, but humanists and others with various secular beliefs are still officially invisible in the Army.Maj. Ray Bradley is applying to be the first humanist recognized as a “distinctive faith group leader” by the Army. In the meantime, he can’t be designated as a humanist on his official records or dog tags, although he can be classified as an atheist.The distinction may not seem like a large one to those unfamiliar with humanism, but the Fort Bragg-based officer says it’s the equivalent of being told that “Christian” is an acceptable designation, but not “Catholic.”
