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Pentagon Tries to Backpedal on Christian Court Martial Policy

Pentagon Tries to Backpedal on Christian Court Martial Policyhttp://godfatherpolitics.com/10681/pentagon-tries-to-backpedal-on-christian-court-martial-policy/The Pentagon is tripping over its own tongue in trying to deny that it is making plans to begin court martialing Christian service members who share their faith.The story, which was reported by the Washington Post, Fox News and other outlets, broke recently when it was revealed that Pentagon officials had met with virulent anti-Christian activist Mikey Weinstein, founder of the misleadingly named Military Religious Freedom Foundation, to discuss cracking down on Air Force personnel who evangelize other service members.

Obama Rejects ‘Ill-Advised’ Conscience Protections for Military Chaplains

Obama Rejects ‘Ill-Advised’ Conscience Protections for Military Chaplains | CNS Newshttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-rejects-ill-advised-conscience-protections-military-chaplains(CNSNews.com) – President Obama issued a statement Wednesday rejecting several provisions of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), including a conscience protection for military chaplains that he called “ill-advised”.

“Section 533 is an unnecessary and ill-advised provision, as the military already appropriately protects the freedom of conscience of chaplains and service members,” he said in his signing statement.

Obama made clear that his administration would remain unmoved by the NDAA’s conscience provision, stating that the Department of Defense would continue to implement the repeal of the military’s ban on homosexual service members.

Gagging the military chaplains 2.0

tmatt.net » Blog Archive » Gagging the military chaplains 2.0http://www.tmatt.net/2012/02/13/gagging-the-military-chaplains-2-0/Every now and then, bishops write letters for their priests to read to the faithful during Mass.

In 1996 the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services sent a letter to its chaplains instructing them to urge their flocks to back the “Project Life Postcard Campaign” in support of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

Father Vincent Rigdon wanted to follow this order in rites at Andrews Air Force Base. But there was a problem. Pentagon officials had issued a gag order against chaplains preaching sermons that mentioned this anti-abortion effort.

Freedom From Religion

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

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.

Obama Admin Accused of Blocking Chaplain’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Letter

Obama Admin Accused of Blocking Chaplain’s ‘Religious Freedom’ Letter, Christian Newshttp://www.christianpost.com/news/obama-admin-accused-of-blocking-chaplains-religious-freedom-letter-68979/
Reports of a rift between the Obama Administration and the Roman Catholic Church over a “contraception mandate” have been swarming the media of late, with some saying the president was even “censoring” military chaplains from speaking out about the issue — but a military source insists the whole affair is overblown.

The controversy surrounds a recent policy change by the Obama Administration that forces institutions affiliated with religious groups to provide coverage for birth control, sterilization and “abortifacients,” all of which the Roman Catholic Church is opposed to. The church’s official position is that the ruling is unconstitutional and infringes on religious rights.

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