Military Chaplains Seek Protections For Publicly Anti-Gay Troops

[WillParkinson]

Military Chaplains Seek Protections For Publicly Anti-Gay Troops

The leaders of 21 religious groups that provide chaplains to the military have sent a letter to the chiefs of chaplains of the armed services seeking assurance that anti-gay troops won't face retribution for publicly stating their beliefs.

"This is already an assault and a challenge on individual conscience and some soldiers may think it’s forcing them to abandon their religious beliefs or being marginalized for holding to those beliefs,” said Douglas E. Lee, a retired Army brigadier general and chaplain, whose signature was the first on the letter. Chaplains who preach at base chapels that homosexuality is a sin will still be entitled to express their beliefs during worship after the military’s adopts its new policy allowing openly gay troops, according to training materials given to Marines. But the organizations say it is not enough to state that service members and chaplains remain free to exercise their faith in chapel services. “Service members should know that chaplains’ ministry and their own rights of conscience remain protected everywhere military necessity has placed them,” the letter states.

http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2011/05/military-chaplains-seek-protections-for.html

[Tesha]

1. Kick their asses out!

In the military, when a lawful order is given, you
salute and say "Yes sir!"

If they don't want to obey these orders, let them
be sent to a court-martial.

Tesha

[sarge43]

2. If these churches don't agree with military policy, then they can

pull their chaplains and not provide any more. Put up or shut up.

[kenfrequed]

3. What?

Uhm... no.

I'm sorry if their evangelical asses don't like it don't serve.

Do you think anti-war quaker chaplains get special dispensation to preach against war or against a commanders decision to go to war?

The absolute gall of these people demanding special treatment when brave servicemen that have had to serve in silence and obey the regulations or be discharged are finally on the road to getting the same rights as any servicemen.

[sarge43]

6. The Quakers don't permit chaplains

Chaplains can't be drafted. If a member of the clergy wishes to volunteer as a chaplain, s/he first must have permission of his/her superiors in the denomination. If gov't initiates a policy that's at odds with the denomination's beliefs, chaplain can request a discharge or denomination can pull its support. In which case chaplain would have to be let go. As said, put up or shut up.

For all others, obey the order, get out or stand by for the big hammer.

[Angry Dragon]

4. 'that homosexuality is a sin '

How can they preach that??
Nowhere in the Ten Commandments does god state that homosexuality is a sin........
I think they need to reread the Commandments

[qb]

5. Dear Uncle Sam... Please protect my right to be a bigot.

:sarcasm:

[nichomachus]

7. Will there be protection for those who are publicly anti-Christian?

Anti-Black
Anti-Latino
Anti-Mormon
Anti-Jewish
Anti-Female
Anti-Male

You want to talk about "destroying unit cohesion," let's just Balkanize the military.

[thanks_imjustlurking]

8. Bingo. nt

[tomm2thumbs]

10. Double Bingo!

for effect

[RKP5637]

9. Homophobic Military Chaplains preaching sin. Not surprised at all. Bigots come in all forms. n/t