Tuesday, November 18, 2008

OBAMA WATCH: Obama, religion, and the U.S. military

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Security/Default.aspx?id=323562

[OneNewsNow] 18 Nov 2008--A former evangelical Navy chaplain is appalled that a coalition of atheists and agnostics want to squelch the religious expression of Christians in the military.

The Secular Coalition for America recently held a news conference urging president-elect Barack Obama to enact new rules against proselytizing and more training for chaplains on how to handle nonreligious groups. Stars and Stripes reports that the Coalition also wants Obama to develop a new directive for all chaplains and commanders to eliminate public prayers from any mandatory attendance events for troops and that the Department of Defense will not endorse any single religion or even the idea of religion over non-religion.

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