{"id":24303,"date":"2013-07-29T00:23:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T03:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=24303"},"modified":"2016-11-26T01:09:29","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T04:09:29","slug":"media-paints-distorted-picture-on-military-religious-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/29\/media-paints-distorted-picture-on-military-religious-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Paints Distorted Picture on Military Religious Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Catholic church <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/16\/catholics-support-military-religious-freedom-coalition\/\">came out in support<\/a> of a coalition of chaplain endorsers <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/10\/congressmen-advocates-call-for-military-religious-freedom\/\">advocating for religious freedom protections<\/a> in the US military.\u00a0 Combined, the groups represent the overwhelming majority of faiths of US military servicemembers (and, in fact, the United States).<\/p>\n<p>In apparent response to that\u00a0broad unity, a US News and World Report article tried to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/articles\/2013\/07\/19\/evangelical-groups-divided-on-issue-of-military-chaplains-and-gay-marriage\">paint a picture of a divided front<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some evangelical groups are gearing up for a fight on military chaplains and same-sex marriage while others say they&#8217;ll seek <!--more-->a middle ground after the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act.<\/p>\n<p>The Southern Baptist Convention&#8230;says it is working to better protect chaplains from any pressures to marry same-sex couples&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, for one, is allowing chaplains to make decisions at a local level about how to handle gay marriage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The dichotomy is false, however.\u00a0 The ELCA has long been a comparatively liberal faith group &#8212; despite a weak attempt by Michael Weinstein to <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/06\/weinstein-conspiracy-theories-get-more-creative\/\">paint an ELCA chaplain as &#8220;fundamentalist&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0(a characterization Chris Rodda then tried to <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/11\/general-stendahl-becomes-newest-air-force-chief-of-chaplains\/comment-page-1\/#comment-127687\">say never happened<\/a>, despite Weinstein&#8217;s own public statements to the contrary).\u00a0\u00a0To say the ELCA\u00a0is now &#8220;seeking middle ground&#8221; is disingenuous, because that &#8220;middle ground&#8221; has been its official position.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-show-faces=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, the Catholic church came out in support of a coalition of chaplain endorsers advocating for religious freedom protections in the US military.\u00a0 Combined, the groups represent the overwhelming majority of faiths of US military servicemembers (and, in fact, the United States). 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