Jim Kelly

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Pentagon:  Chaplains can Quit or “Reconcile” with Homosexual Sin 

The Obama Administration has now begun writing policies that will result in discharge of Christian Chaplains and troops who cannot “reconcile” with homosexual sin.  After forcing open homosexual aggression on our troops against their will by repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” Congress did not spell out details of how to implement, delegating important Pentagon policies which are now being written, and could soon force Christian Chaplains to choose: either stop preaching God’s Word or quit military service. Below are four shocking proof examples revealing how the purge has already begun, and why we must fight back NOW by demanding Congress investigate and pass strong laws defending our troops right to religious freedom starting with H.R. 268 which has not yet passed in 6 years, clearly defending military chaplains’ right to pray publicly “in Jesus name.”  

1.  Report: Chaplains who can’t “reconcile” with homosexual sin will be separated. 

The newly released Pentagon plan to purge Christians entitled “DADT Report: Support Plan for Implementation” specifically requires Christian chaplains to “reconcile” with homosexual sin or face administrative discharge. It repeats twice on pages 30 and 57: “If a chaplain is unable to reconcile serving with or caring for gay and lesbian Service members with his or her faith, the chaplain may request that the relevant endorsing agency withdraw its ecclesiastical endorsement for him or her. This would trigger an administrative separation under DoDI 1304.28.”  Wow.  Now the Obama Administration is officially on record pressuring Chaplains to quit the service if they cannot “reconcile” with homosexual sin that violates their Christian conscience.  This “plan” alone should alarm the new conservative Congress to the need for bold protection of Chaplains’ rights.  Let’s help…

2.  Chaplains will have religious freedom only in “context” of Sunday chapel. 

The Pentagon report dubiously promises to protect Chaplains’ freedoms, “in the context of their religious ministry,” claiming they won’t need to change their sermons, counseling, prayers, or worship.  But speaking from personal experience as a former Navy chaplain, I can decode the secret word “context” to mean chaplains clearly WON’T have religious freedom outside of that “context.”  As proof, in my case the Navy twice declared the only safe religious “context” was ONLY inside a Sunday chapel.  As a chaplain I was punished in writing three times for quoting the Bible EVEN inside chapel, but since the optionally-attended worship service was held on a Saturday, not a Sunday, Navy investigators sided with the Commander who punished my sermons.  Later a Navy judge

ruled that my Thursday prayers outside the White House were “not public worship” which was only safe in the context of Sunday chapel, instead finding me guilty of the misdemeanor crime of “worshipping in public” in uniform which he said was NOT protected by federal law, so my commander could order me to stop “worshipping in public” in uniform.  Say what?   Because my prayers in Jesus name were not said in the proper “context,” they were properly punished, the Navy judge ruled to punish the chaplain.  

3.  Battalion Commander relieved of duty for refusing to teach how to respect sin. 

One Senior Officer in the Army National Guard has already been relieved of his battalion-level commanding officer job after stating his conscience would not allow him to participate in “re-education” training that will soon force young Christians to learn how to respect homosexual sin.  ”Today is my last day in command,” the career Army officer told WND.com, anonymously for fear of losing his retirement.  ”From now on I’ll be a staff officer without a bunch of people working under me, so I won’t have the moral conflict with having to enforce this new policy on them…When I retire I will speak on the record. I don’t know how much I can do before that. Sooner or later I’m going to get told to shut up. If I continue to make statements, it might become a witch hunt. I don’t want to lose my retirement unless it comes to the point they tell me I have to attend the [pro-'gay'] training.”

4.  Left demands punishment of Christian Colonel who is taking a stand. 

Atheist bloggers and anti-Christian complainers are demanding  STORY CONTINUED HERE