Obama ‘Strongly Objects’ to Religious Liberty Amendment
Todd Starnes | Jun 12, 2013
The Obama Administration “strongly objects” to a proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have protected the religious rights of soldiers – including evangelical Christian service members who are facing growing hostility towards their religion.
The amendment was authored by Rep. John Fleming, R-La. It would have “required the Armed Forces to accommodate ‘actions and speech’ reflecting the conscience, moral, principles or religious beliefs of the member.”
The Obama Administration said the amendment would have a “significant adverse effect on good order, discipline, morale, and mission accomplishment.”
“With its statement, the White House is now endorsing military reprimands of members who keep a Bible on their desk or express a religious belief,” Fleming told Fox News. “This administration is aggressively hostile towards religious beliefs that it deems to be politically incorrect.”
Fleming introduced the amendment after a series of high-profile incidents involving attacks on religious liberty within the military- including an Air Force officer who was told to remove a Bible from his desk because it might give the impression he was endorsing a religion.
He said there are other reports of Christian service members and chaplains being punished for their faith.
- The Air Force censored a video created by a chaplain because it include the word “God.” The Air Force feared the word might offend Muslims and atheists.
- A service member received a “severe and possibly career-ending reprimand” for expressing his faith’s religious position about homosexuality in a personal religious blog.
- An enlisted service member received a career-ending punishment for sending personal invitations to his promotion party which mentioned that he would be providing Chick-fil-A sandwiches due to his respect for the Defense of Marriage Act.
- A senior military official at Fort Campbell sent out a lengthy email officially instructing officers to recognize “the religious right in America” as a “domestic hate group” akin to the KKK and Neo-Nazis because of its opposition to homosexual behavior.
- A chaplain was relieved of his command over a military chapel because, consistent with DOMA’s definition of marriage, he could not allow same-sex weddings to take place in the chapel.
- An enlisted service member was threatened and denied promotion by a senior NCO for expressing – during a personal conversation – his religious belief in support of traditional marriage.
Last month Coast Guard Rear Admiral William Lee told a National Day of Prayer audience that religious liberty was being threatened by Pentagon lawyers and service members are being told to hide their faith in Christ.
“Leaders like myself are feeling the constraints of rules and regulations and guidance issued by lawyers that put us in a tighter and tighter box regarding our constitutional right to express our religious faith,” he said.
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As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord of Lords', the King of King's, Jesus Christ!!!!
Obama does not have the Constitutional authority to take away our rights and freedoms. He needs to take away Michelle's rights to take million dollar vacations on Americans money. He needs to kick Michelle's family out of the WH we are not obligated to pay for the carpetbaggers.
Dear Lord in Heaven, HELP US, please.
The goose stepping senate will block this and the congress suffers from lack of leadership.
Only He above can help us now.
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Here is another "Prime Example" of the values we (Conservatives, Military and other like-minded individuals) hold dear to our hearts. This SOB has got to go, by any means necessary and sooner, rather than later or whenever the Usurper gets ready to execute the NDAA by Martial Law on the Citizens of this country.
I am getting so tired of this whole administration, DemoRATS and RepublicRATS, including the entire Justice Department and at this point I don't care what happens in WASHINGTON, a crater is what it deserves now.