Recent DADT news:<\/p>\n
More below the fold.<\/p>\n
According to a local Pittsburgh paper<\/a>, some Chaplains continue to fear they will ultimately face opposition should they continue to preach and teach in accordance with their values; that is, their theological belief that homosexuality is wrong.<\/p>\n The article contains two interesting quotes:<\/p>\n “The fundamental issue for us is morality, but the debate is being purposely framed as a civil rights or a discrimination issue,” he said.<\/p>\n Homosexuality is “just another sin that affects soldiers, airmen, guardians and Marines. However no other category that we would declare as sin is … claiming civil rights to be a serial adulterer.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Retired Brig. Gen. Douglas E. Lee, a former Army chaplain who endorses for six conservative Presbyterian bodies…cited two federal court cases that upheld the expulsion of Christian students from graduate counseling programs because they had sought to refer gay clients to other therapists who could affirm their sexuality. He believes the precedents could eventually apply to chaplains.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The US Army noted the beginning of its required training<\/a> leading up to the implementation of repeal.\u00a0 In their top 10:<\/p>\n 4. Moral and Religious Concerns: There will be no changes regarding any Soldier’s free exercise of religious beliefs, nor are there any changes to policies concerning the Chaplain Corps and its duties. The Chaplain Corps’ First Amendment freedoms and its duty to care for all will not change. Soldiers will continue to respect and serve with others who may hold different views and beliefs.<\/p>\n 6. Equal Opportunity: Sexual orientation will not be placed alongside race, color, religion, sex and national origin as a class under the Military Equal Opportunity Program and therefore will not be dealt with through the MEO complaint process.<\/p>\n 9. Release and Service Commitments: There will be no new policy to allow for release from service commitments for Soldiers opposed to repeal of DADT or to serving with gay or lesbian Soldiers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The WorldNetDaily — a sometimes hyperbolic paper in its own right — reports that retired Admiral\u00a0Jeremiah\u00a0Denton,\u00a0a\u00a0former long term\u00a0Vietnam POW, and retired Maj. Gen. Patrick\u00a0Brady, recipient of the Medal of Honor, have written a letter to Congress<\/a> calling for the reinstatement of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.<\/p>\n