Military chaplains debate their role without 'don't ask, don't tell'

[Tx4obama]

Washington (CNN) -- As Congress debates the repeal of the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, military chaplains are doing their own soul-searching.

About 3,000 chaplains currently serve in the military, endorsed by a multitude of faiths, including Christian, evangelical Protestant, Jewish and Muslim denominations. It's a unique culture where chaplains of various beliefs serve alongside one another counseling and caring for an equally diverse congregation of armed service members.

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Despite the divergent views, the Pentagon report found that repealing "don't ask, don't tell" would have little impact on the chaplain corps. Only three out of about 145 chaplains who participated in the study suggested they would quit or leave if the law were changed.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/05/dadt.chaplains/index.html?hpt=T1

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I think is it time NOW for those THREE to quit and/leave :)

[Ernesto]

1. Get rid of'em ...Nt

[Exilednight]

2. Make them infantry officers. See how fast those 3 or 4 change their position then. n/t

[cbdo2007]

3. I know quite a few hospital chaplains who are gay.

I'm guessing it's the same in the military.

[donco6]

4. 3 of 145 probably need to leave at any given time.

For a hundred reasons.

[Recursion]

5. I knew a Southern Baptist chaplain

Real fundamentalist (and I know theology well enough to debate him on it; I'm Presbyterian). But one of the guys in the Battalion was a Satanist, and he learned the liturgy and did the service every week.

It may be politically convenient to laugh at military chaplains, but these men and women put their asses where their mouths are and I really respect them. Just saying.