This chaplain, as were all of us, is supposed to be a representative of his religion. That is why we have a diversity of denominations and religions represented in the military. By public law, they are supposed to be themselves. A Southern Baptist is supposed to be a Southern Baptist and not be a Methodist or a Mormon or a Roman Catholic.
Likewise, when a known Roman Catholic had Roman Catholic questions I would send him to the Roman Catholic chaplain. If a Methodist came to one of them with a Methodist issue, they were supposed to send him to me.
If, however, they came to me with a family budget question, a suicidal ideation, a problem getting along with their platoon sergeant, or a marriage relationship issue, then I dealt with it as a general issue and not as a denomination based issue.
Is this very fundamentalist chaplain allowed to be himself? In fact, he’s supposed to be himself. There are people of his persuasion in the military that believe like him and he will directly support their religious needs.
Should he be telling Chistians they owe their first allegiance to the Kingdom of God? You bet. That’s what his denomination believes. All of them do, if we wanted to be honest about Christian denominations.
Best commentary on the subject I have read so far. Exactly right.