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Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2011 I wrote a letter in late May 2011 to the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) requesting that Congress reconsider repealing what is popularly known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ( DADT ).  DADT is a misnomer. And so I shall refer to the repeal as the repealing of morality from the Armed Forces . The Washington Times learned of my letter and reported on it in the June 8 edition of its “Inside the Ring” section (“Army dissent” paragraph). I know for certain that leaders across the Armed Forces read what The Washington Times published, and so I am going to explain why I am questioning the pending repeal of morality. As always, my views are my own and I in no way represent the Army Reserve or any other part of the U.S. government. Why I’m Questioning: I know that I am in the minority in opposing the pending repeal of morality . . . at least, I am in the minority of those willing to vocalize their opposition. And yet that is part of

Image via Wikipedia Twenty-one religious agencies that provide chaplains to the U.S. military sent  a joint letter  to the military’s chiefs of chaplains Monday voicing strong concern over the need for religious liberty protections if the military lifts its “don’t ask don’t tell” policy that forbids open homosexuality in the military. The  letter  asks the chiefs for their help in urging Congress and the Department of Defense to adopt such protections. Alliance Defence Fund ( ADF ) attorneys helped draft proposed religious liberty protections for the Pentagon’s working group on the matter, but the law designed to dismantle the “don’t ask, don’t tell” ( DADT ) policy still lacks any such protections.   “ Service members should not be denied the very constitutional liberties they volunteered to defend,” said ADF Legal Counsel Daniel Blomberg. “If this government truly cares about protecting religious liberties as it says it does, why has it been afraid to put it in writing? The al

Image via Wikipedia A new pamphlet explaining how military officials should handle various scenarios involving homosexuals has been distributed to four branches of the U.S. military , the  Washington Times  reported Wednesday. A member of the U.S. Marine Corps , which has been the branch of the military most resistant to the changes in policy regarding homosexuality, gave the Times a copy of the document.  It explains how officials should act in given situations now that open homosexuality is no longer an offense punishable by discharge. “Situation: You are the Executive Officer of your unit,” states one section, according to the Times. “While shopping at the local mall over the weekend, you observe two junior male Marines in appropriate civilian attire assigned to your unit kissing and hugging in the food court. “Issue: Standards of Conduct. Is this within standards of personal and professional conduct?” The answer: “If the observed behavior crosses acceptable boundaries as de

Image by Catholic Church (England and Wales) via Flickr Yesterday, our Commander in Chief – the man whose most central oath is to strengthen and defend our country and its military – signed into law an action that will do more to damage U.S. military strength than any bombs or tanks of our enemies. With all due respect to separation of Church and State , the U.S. military could learn some valuable lessons from the Roman Catholic Church .          The combat forces of the U.S. military, like the Catholic priesthood , have always been built on a distinctly masculine bond of obligation. Both bands of brothers gather to protect something Sacred. The  priestly gathering is most visible  whenever two or more gather around the altar to celebrate Mass, with Jesus Christ in the Eucharist , at the Sacred Center.          Just as the military bands together in its collective duty to protect the nation and her citizens, so the priestly fraternity bands together in its duty to spiritually p