Posted on 11/15/2005 5:43:24 PM PST by conserv371
A pattern of hostility to free speech - specifically the rights of Christians to pray - is on the rise in our country.
We saw it in our nation’s public schools ... where prayer was officially banned. We have seen it in our workplaces.
Now, our United States military seems to have “jumped on the bandwagon” ... with Air Force leadership recently releasing proposed guidelines that will restrict how Air Force chaplains can pray.
If approved, these guidelines may well be implemented throughout the entire Armed Forces.
This is an outrage that we cannot allow! Already, it is documented that chaplains are “feeling the heat” to restrict their prayers and mask their faith.
Christian chaplains are being told NOT to pray in the name of Jesus!
For many Christian chaplains, praying in the name of Jesus is a fundamental part of their beliefs. To suppress this form of expression would be a violation of their constitutional rights and religious freedoms.
Furthermore, to censor Christian chaplains is a disservice to the thousands of Christian soldiers in the military who look to their chaplains for comfort, inspiration, and support ... just as military soldiers of other faiths look to their chaplains.
Again, we cannot allow these proposed guidelines to be passed. We cannot sit idly by while our honored Christian military chaplains are singled out and silenced.
I have assembled a senior legal team at the ACLJ, including a 20-year military veteran who worked at the Pentagon. We are drafting a legal analysis and comments to be used in this process.
Thankfully, a group of Congressmen has joined together to call on the President to protect by Executive Order the constitutional right of military chaplains to pray according to their faith.
In response to this outrageous and blatant religious intolerance and infringement of free speech rights, the ACLJ has embarked on a nationwide campaign to PROTECT PRAYER and the constitutional rights of military chaplains.
In our Armed Forces, all faiths must be respected. Christian chaplains must be permitted to pray in the name of Jesus.
The ACLJ is working to generate a massive grassroots effort, to let the President know that we will not stand for this type of blatant religious intolerance in our nation’s military. President Bush must step in to protect religious freedom.
THANKS.
See #92, my Freeper Friends.
Maybe you missed this in the Bible as stated by someone else:
Crucial Requirement..
John 15:16 ... that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 16:23 ...Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give [it] you.
John 16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
1Timothy 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
I prefer to do as best I can what the Bible states. THAT is the what the Word of God states ... If you odn't like that perhaps you need to take the up with Him. The word of man is often in conflict with the Bible ... .
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And I have absolutely no problem with an honest Church of God or Southern Baptist preacher praying from his heart. I may not agree with every detail of his doctrine, but the main point is "Jesus Christ, and Him crucified."
And as dear Mr. Franklin said, we must all hang together or we will assuredly hang separately . . .
I hope it's not true, but I was in the AF for a full enlistment and wouldn't be surprised if it were true. Many bases were nice according to some, but Dyess AFB was one of the most politically correct sh** holes I've ever seen.
A Noisy Takeoff for Air Force Guidelines on Religion
Ping for later bookmarking. I am continually amazed at how much ground is being lost while a United Methodist occupies the White House
Perhaps you missed my point.
Not everyone who loves God, and believes in God, think the the selected text(s) called the "Bible" in it's various versions and interpretations, is the literal word of the eternal God.
The first time a muslim says ."....In the name of Mohammed"..where do I go to file my lawsuit?
(Also, many Christians do not acknowledge that our God is the same God as is Allah."
Actually Allah is Satan.
"Instead they have humanism/socialism/homosexuality/environmentalism/feminism and all the other radical liberal religions shoved down there throats. But your okay with that I guess huh?"
Don't be so extreme, of course not. There IS a middle ground that most of America resides on. I'm tired of the loonies on both sides screaming that the sky is falling.
And don't teach your faith's prayers to my child. That's MY job.
Anywhere I went in the Army, there were generally about 20 or 30 chaplains within driving distance and we'd get together on occasion for training or fun. Our denominational differences never bothered US.
So, I listened regularly to prayers of lots of different denominations.
It's no big deal.
Those easily agitated folks who want to make an issue out of this should grow up and recognize the diversity in America.
Brooks and Dunn CMA Country Music Awards are right now singing about there more to life "words written in red" "More to life than I can see"
It is so true.
Oh, and on the actual topic (which I strayed off of), I don't think the military should be sanctioning any particular faith. Aren't they endorsing some sort of religion by not allowing Jesus' name?
there are those out there who believe that.
That means the government is in the business of writing "approved prayers", but it doesn't violate the First Amendment, because as any liberal will tell you, the First Amendment was written to protect us from Jesus and his crazy disciples.
He Da man!
(....I tried thinking that one through, and my head started to explode).
Leni
I wish everyone could read your post. Thanks.
That day is closer than you think.
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