Free Speech for Chaplains

This morning I was on the phone with Congressman Trent Franks from Arizona.  We talked about the concern that has been surrounding the inability of military chaplains to pray according to the dictates of their conscience.  Christian military chaplains have been denied the right to pray in Jesus name for fear of retribution and even discipline by military officials.  The President has been sent a request from a number of members of Congress for an Executive Order to protect our military chaplains.  We are aggressively working on this issue.

Under the guise of free speech, the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was given access to Columbia University and national media in the United States.  Military sources have already indicated that Iran has supplied weapons that have been used against our soldiers.  While President Ahmadinejad is given First Amendment protection, chaplains are not.  At the very same time Congressman Franks informed us that currently pending before the United States House of Representatives is a bill which would give those held captive in Guantanamo Bay increased access to courts, including the ability to subpoena our soldiers who would be compelled to leave the battlefield in order to participate in trials.  Some are calling the enemys actions here the engagement of lawfare.  This means that terrorists are utilizing the legal system in order to harm our national security interests.  Congressman Franks said that the proposals by some liberal members of Congress constitute a terrorist bill of rights. 

While Ahmadinejad from Iran is given First Amendment protection, and while some in Congress attempt to give increased legal protection to terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay, we must remain vigilant in demanding an Executive Order to protect our military chaplains.  Please click here to add your name of support to the thousands who are standing with our military.