Military Losing Freedom Of Conscience? — Sharon Sebastian has forwarded this alert from Family Research Council regarding attempts to take away freedom of conscience for our military personnel.
Thank you again, Obama voters.
FYI, Family Research Council in Washington D.C. was the victim of a left-wing terrorist attack last August. The shooter, James Corkins, a gay activist, said he picked them as a target because the left-wing Southern Poverty Law Center labeled them a “hate group”. Why? Because they opposed gay marriage.
Corkins said he was wanted to kill as many as he could and smear Chick-fil-A sandwiches in the faces of their corpses. He was foiled by a security guard who tackled him despite being shot by Corkins.
The very troops who defend our religious freedom are at risk of having their own taken away.
Last week, anti-Christian and left-wing activists met at the Pentagon with military officials to discuss pressing issues in the military. What issues would be of such importance to gain such a high-level hearing?
According to these far-left consultants, religion is one of the chief problems plaguing our troops. As the Washington Post reported, some are saying that “religious proselytizing” is at the top of the list of problems in the armed forces — even on par with sexual assault.
As a result of such complaints from the left, the Air Force has — according to the Post –published, but not yet distributed a new document with the directive that leaders of all levels (including chaplains) may not “promote their personal religious beliefs to their subordinates or to extend preferential treatment for any religion.” The penalty these secularists are seeking for those who don’t comply with their view of religious speech is court-martial.
If this policy goes forward, Christians within the military who speak of their faith could now be prosecuted as enemies of the state. This has the potential to destroy military recruiting across the services as Americans realize that their faith will be suppressed by joining the military.
Our brave troops deserve better. If chaplains and other personnel are censored from offering the full solace of the Gospel, there is no religious freedom in the military.
Please join me in signing the petition to Secretary Hagel urging him to protect the religious freedom of our troops – and not to proceed with the purge of religion within the ranks called for by anti-Christian activists.
Sincerely,
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) William “Jerry” Boykin
Executive Vice President