What seems to have caused you to excerpt your own blog?
ABOUT CHAPLAIN GORDEN KLINGENSCHMITT…
“Dr. Chaps” earned his PhD in Theology at Regent University, is an Air Force Academy graduate, motivational speaker and is the former U.S. Navy Chaplain who made national headlines after being vindicated by Congress, when he took a stand for the rights of military chaplains to pray publicly “in Jesus’ name.”
By sacrificing his own 16-year career and a million dollar pension, by demanding his own court martial for the “crime” of worshiping in public, he inspired 300,000 petitioners, 85 percent of polled voters, 35 pro-family groups, and 75 Congressmen who mobilized to overturn the national military “non-sectarian prayer” policy, restoring the rights of military chaplains of all faiths to pray publicly, in uniform, according to the dictates of their conscience, even if they pray “in Jesus’ name.”
READ CHAPLAIN KLINGENSCHMITT’S FULL BIO HERE:
http://prayinjesusname.org/invite-speaker
Sleeper and a chump.
IBTZ
After reading your bio, I regret my previous.
The only entity that can violate the 1st Amendment, imo, is Congress. When activist judges claim that acts of religious expression by people who aren’t federal lawmakers violate the 1st Amendment, such judges are wrongly legislating the PC interpretation of 1A from the bench imo. In fact, the only thing being “flouted” in this example is the PC interpretation of 1A imo.
Sadly, judges get away with legislating the unconstitutional stifling of religious expression from the bench because parents are not making sure that their children are being taught the Constitution, as the Founding States had intended for it to be understood, in the nation’s schools, in this case the difference between legislative, executive and judicial powers.
The remedy with respect to this example is the following. Since the states and the people have the 10th Amendment protected power to regulate religious issues, it’s up to local citizens to work with their local government leaders to either allow or prohibit local leaders from volunteering prayers, depending on what legal local majority voters want. And if local government leaders ignore the majority voters then majority voters, not misguided judges, can give their “leaders” the boot in the next election.
And if locals don’t mind the prayers, then as long as nobody’s 14th Amendment protections are being violated, local government leaders can start board meetings by praying to Jesus imo.