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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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.
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.
Senator: Let chaplains say no to same-sex weddings
By Admin 14 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Senator’s proposal targets same-sex weddings – USATODAY.comhttp://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2011-12-13/chaplains-same-sex-weddings/51888074/1A proposal by Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker that would let military chaplains refuse to perform same-sex weddings is expected to come up for a vote this week in the House and Senate.
“Chaplains should not be forced to violate their beliefs in order to serve their country,” said Wicker, a Republican on the Armed Services Committee.
No Senators Spoke Out as the Senate Voted to Repeal Military Laws Against Sodomy and Sex With Animals
By Admin 6 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
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No Senator Spoke Out Against Repeal of Military’s Ban on Sodomy and Bestiality | CNSnews.comhttp://cnsnews.com/news/article/no-senators-spoke-out-senate-voted-repeal-military-laws-against-sodomy-and-sex-animalsNot a single member of the Senate spoke out last week against a provision of the defense authorization bill, which removes sodomy and sex with animals — bestiality — from the list of prosecutable crimes for the U.S. military.The Senate voted 93 to 7 last Thursday evening to approve the National Defense Authorization Act, which contained a provision to repeal Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
Article 125 of the UCMJ makes it illegal for anyone in the U.S. military to engage “in unnatural carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex or with an animal.”
Senate lets chaplains opt out of gay weddings
By Admin 1 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
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Senate lets chaplains opt out of gay weddings – Army News | News from Afghanistan & Iraq – Army Timeshttp://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/11/military-senate-gay-marriage-chaplains-113011w/The Senate voted Wednesday to ensure military chaplains are not forced to perform gay marriages if they oppose that for reasons of conscience.
Leahy on Repealing DOMA: ‘All Married Couples Deserve Legal Protections’
By Admin 3 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
0Leahy on Repealing DOMA: ‘All Married Couples Deserve Legal Protections’ | CNSnews.comhttp://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/leahy-repealing-doma-all-married-couples-deserve-legal-protectionsThe Senate Judiciary Committee postponed debate and voting on legislation today that would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), but Chairman Sen. Leahy (D-Vt.), who voted for DOMA’s passage in 1996, said the law “must now be repealed,” adding that the federal government must “recognize that all married couples deserve legal protections.”
Gay Military Members Sue to Repeal DOMA
By Admin 27 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
0Gay Military Members Sue to Repeal DOMA, Christian Newshttp://www.christianpost.com/news/gay-military-members-sue-to-repeal-doma-59647/
Just five weeks after the Pentagon ended the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military, gay and lesbian service members are filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) announced the filing of the federal litigation Thursday. The group is suing U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki, on behalf of current and former service members.
Lawsuit: Gay Activists Want Military to Offer Same-Sex Spousal Benefits
By Admin 21 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
0Lawsuit: Gay Activists Want Military to Offer Same-Sex Spousal Benefits, Christian Newshttp://www.christianpost.com/news/lawsuit-gay-activists-want-military-to-offer-same-sex-spousal-benefits-58554/
A homosexual activist group will be filing a lawsuit this month on behalf of gay, lesbian and bisexual military service members in legal same-sex marriages who want spousal benefits for their partners.
The legal move is evidence of a further chipping away of the Defense of Marriage Act and not unexpected, say supporters of the federal law.
More than 2,000 Evangelical, Orthodox Chaplains Join Catholics in Opposing Pentagon Directive on Same-Sex Marriage
By Admin 6 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.
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More than 2,000 Evangelical, Orthodox Chaplains Join Catholics in Opposing Pentagon Directive on Same-Sex Marriage | CNSnews.comhttp://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/more-2000-evangelical-orthodox-chaplains-join-catholics-opposing-pentagon-directive(CNSNews.com) – A national group representing more than 2,000 military chaplains from evangelical Christian and Orthodox backgrounds said on Wednesday that the Pentagon has launched a “direct assault” on marriage, and the chaplains they endorse will not be allowed to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies under any circumstances.
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