Conservative Military Chaplains Fight Repeal of DADT

Whenever gay and lesbian people exercise the temerity to be treated like real human beings, to have equal employment in the private sector as well as in the military, the right wing religious reaction is always the same -- should they "obey God or obey men."


In the military, the answer is quite clear: they are to obey military code, period. Otherwise, they won't remain military chaplains for long. If President Obama makes good on his promise to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, a group of conservative Christian chaplains expressed their fear in a letter to the president and Defense Secretary Robert Gates that they'll "face a reduction in the free exercise of their faith."

The chaplains use the letter to lodge a litany of complaints about how they'll be forced to compromise their beliefs, how they will have to work with gay people, counsel gay people, and perhaps even conduct a service with gay or lesbian clergy. All of this, they say, means they'll have to condone something they sincerely feel is sinful. I'm certain that the same arguments were made when the armed forces were integrated. Chaplains then -- some who fully believed that simply being black was a sinful state -- had to work with black people, counsel black people, and perhaps even conduct a worship service with black clergy.

http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/2519/conservative_military_chaplains_fight_repeal_of_dadt_/

Their job is to provide comfort to our troops who are members of their faith.

with these RW religious freaks and their attacks.

They are not lobbyists. Do your jobs or hit the bricks.

well I was a pubescent child predator and by that I mean a demonic incubus child who predated on adults. Poor guy - a catholic priest's worst nightmare is that something like one of us would come after one of them.

Let me be perfectly clear, I really had zero interest in anyone who would normally be interested in extreme youth - that just wasn't a challenge.

So army chaplains - pull your closeted self-absorbed guilt-ridden projecting asses off of your heads - this ain't none of your holier-than-thou witch doctor shaman damn business a'damn't all.

Edited to add:

The purpose of above rant is I don't have a very high opinion of army chaplains, most especially the "christian" ones. I've always seen the ones I knew as "going through the motions", more than a little parasitic, sentimental in place of compassionate, and more often opportunists instead of real believers.

Small wonder the more conservative ones don't want anyone who has no use for them hanging around. Witch doctors.

A survey of ten out ten witch doctors say they would never, ever sleep with a christian army chaplin.

:P

Are you a good sangoma or a bad sangoma?