What irritates me most about all this is that our "born again" president as Commander in Chief of all military and naval services could restore the Christian chaplains' right to pray in Jesus' name with just an order to the Chiefs of Staff. Unless I miss my guess by a country mile, the "no Jesus name" policy was not the result of an injunction from some anti-Christian civilian judge. I would bet dollars to donuts that it was simply an order issued by politically correct Pentagon brasshats, and Bush could countermand that order if he wanted to. If Muslim chaplains were ordered not to pray to Allah, you can bet the farm that Bush would use his authority to make sure that the order was rescinded before the ink dried.
Why is it that of all religions practiced in the US today only Christians are treated like 2nd class citizens, or in this case 2nd class soldiers, Marines, airmen, and sailors? Would George Washington have ordered his chaplains not to pray in Jesus' name at Valley Forge just because a few pagan Indians in the Continental Army might take offense? Would Lincoln or Lee have ordered that only innocuous generic prayers be offered by chaplains before the fighting began at Gettysburg just because a handful of Union or Confederate soldiers might be atheists? I don't think so.
Good post.
Your argument should be more like fighting for the right to wear a uniform at an event. This has NOTHING to do with him saying a prayer. He could have went in jeans and a tee shirt with Jesus power on it and said the rosery to the entire group and would have been fine. Whe are you having a hard time with this comprehension? You clearly don't understand the military.