[RexBeach]

I just don't understand the problem here.

The guy's a US Navy Chaplain. So, he got a court martial because he wore his uniform to some type of political event in front of the White House? Is that it?

And now he says he's being persecuted because he's praying in Jesus' name. Well, if he's a Christian chaplain, of course he prays in Jesus' name. That's axiomatic.

I don't get it.

[Polybius]

I just don't understand the problem here. The guy's a US Navy Chaplain. So, he got a court martial because he wore his uniform to some type of political event in front of the White House? Is that it?

Yep. That is exactly it.

One of the bedrock principles of the U.S. military that separates it from the militaries of banana republics is that you do NOT get the military involved in partisan politics.

[Dadofmany]

I guess it's ok if your serving guest in military uniform at a Clinton Gala, was that a political event?