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More than 2,000 military chaplains say ‘no’ to homosexual ‘marriage’

A coalition representing more than 2,000 Evangelical Christian military chaplains says its members will not perform homosexual “wedding” ceremonies, reports LifeSiteNews.com. The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty announced October 5 that it is joining the Catholic Archdiocese for Military Services to say “no” to the September 30 Pentagon directive authorizing military chaplains to do homosexual “marriages.”

“I was stunned at the memorandum that came out last Friday,” said Alliance executive director Dr. Ron Crews, who served as chaplain for 38 years. “It appears to set the Department of Defense in opposition to Congress in that Congress has passed a definition of marriage that is now federal law.”

The Alliance says that while the Pentagon acknowledges a chaplain’s right not to participate in homosexual “marriage” ceremonies, the new policy has placed the Pentagon “in the midst of a deeply controversial issue during a time of ongoing war.” In its announcement, the Pentagon said homosexual “marriage” ceremonies also could be held at military chapels across the nation.

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[10/14/2011]

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