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 A group advocating freedom of religion in the military is investigating claims that a young Army chaplain ’s assistant has been reprimanded by her commanding officer and threatened with rank and pay reductions for expressing religious opposition to homosexuality on her personal Facebook page. The anonymous 26-year-old, who has served in the armed forces for six years, told Fox News personality Todd Starnes that she posted her thoughts to the social media site after viewing an online video featuring a pastor who denied that homosexuality is a sin. Members of the servicewoman’s unit reported her to commanding officer, who called her in and, she says, gave her a choice: Take the message down, or get busted down in rank and pay. She has refused to take the comment down, and is prepared to take legal action if necessary. “We fight for the freedom that I can’t enjoy right now,” she said. “That’s not right.” Ron Crews, the executive director of the  Chaplain All...

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 20, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Although the U.S. Military fight and die to uphold freedom, high-level military chaplains report they are increasingly being denied freedom of conscience and freedom of speech. There is also alarm about the negative effects on troop morale over the undoing of the 237-years’ practice of providing traditional religious support for U.S. soldiers. “We were promised that we would see no change - very little change,” says Col. Ron Crews, alluding to a two-star officer ’s assurance that the “ Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell ” repeal would not impede the ministry of military chaplains. That promise, he says, has not been kept. Col. Crews, executive director of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, was speaking at a panel along with military chaplains and religious freedom activists during the 2012  National Religious Freedom Conference  in Washington D.C on May 24.  The panelists agreed that the repeal of Don’t A...

English: Nancy Pelosi photo portrait as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Democrat House leaders including Nancy Pelosi have opposed a measure to ensure military chaplains are not forced to perform same-sex “ marriages ,” arguing that it is based on a “manufactured crisis” and therefore unnecessary - a response strongly criticized by chaplain advocates. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday  echoed sentiments  issued by the Obama White House regarding the conscience language, part of a defense spending bill, saying that “there’s nothing that says that chaplains act against their faith.” Nancy Pelosi CNSNews.com, which had queried Pelosi about the language, then asked, “So why would you not support the provision that protects them?” “Because it’s a fraud. It’s a - welcome to the world of manufactured crises. Here’s one,” Pelosi responded. “So I think that ...

WASHINGTON, DC , December 12, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A provision added to the Senate defense authorization bill would give military chaplains the right to opt out of performing same sex “marriages.” The amendment was introduced last month by Republican Senator Roger Wicker and approved by a unanimous voice vote. The measure was introduced by Senator Roger Wicker “Protections for military chaplains should be guaranteed in any policy changes being implemented,” Wicker said, alluding to widespread fears that the conscience rights of military chaplains would be trampled in the wake of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal. A September memorandum from the Pentagon authorizing military chaplains to officiate at same-sex “weddings” despite the fact that federal law prohibits recognition of same-sex “marriages” had further heightened such fears. Dr. Ron Crews, Executive Director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, praised Wicker’s amendment in a recent statement. “Chaplains sho...

Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON, October 13, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A coalition representing more than 2,000 Evangelical Christian military chaplains says its members will not perform homosexual “wedding” ceremonies. The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty announced October 5 that it is joining the Catholic Archdiocese for Military Services to say “no” to the September 30 Pentagon directive authorizing military chaplains to do homosexual “marriages.” “I was stunned at the memorandum that came out last Friday,”  said  Alliance executive director Dr. Ron Crews, who served as chaplain for 38 years.  “It appears to set the Department of Defense in opposition to Congress in that Congress has passed a definition of marriage that is now federal law.” The Alliance says that while the Pentagon acknowledges a chaplain’s right not to participate in homosexual “marriage” ceremonies, the new policy has placed the Pentagon “in the midst of a deeply controversial issue during...

WASHINGTON, October 4, 2011  – A congressional Armed Services Subcommittee chair has said that September memos by the Pentagon announcing that military chaplains are permitted to officiate in homosexual “marriages” are instructing the military “to do things which are in fact illegal to do.” Republican Representative Todd Akin , of Missouri, said that the memos appear to violate a May 2011 amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act , which instructs that the 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) applies to federal employees and federal property. Rep. Todd Akin “If the Department of Defense decides that they are going to have government-paid chaplains on government property performing homosexual marriages, they’re in direct violation of DOMA,” Akin told  CNSNews.com . “When you see essentially laws being created or ignored by the executive branch, that says we are bordering on lawlessness.” The Pentagon announced September 30 that military chaplains can officia...

Image via Wikipedia Chaplains are waiting to see if this week's end to the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" ( DADT ) policy offers repercussions for their ability to express their views on homosexuality . Despite others' initial concerns that chaplains could leave over the repeal, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Carleton W. Birch said that only one out of 2,900 active Army Reserve and National Guard chaplains has left since DADT was repealed. "Chaplains have not left the Army over this issue, nor have denominations that endorse chaplains pulled their chaplains, even though doctrinally they have strong views on the subject," said Birch, spokesman for the Army Chief of Chaplains. The military requires chaplains to be endorsed or sponsored by a religious organization. Birch said that the military will not require chaplains to perform same-sex marriages. Birch's own faith background requires that he not perform a wedding without premarital counseling. But...