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Jack Kingston: “I wanted to say, we have an issue with military chaplains who actually work for their denomination. They do not…”

On the recordMay 27, 2010
I wanted to say, we have an issue with military chaplains who actually work for their denomination. They do not necessarily answer straight to the military. They are supposed to have their loyalty to their denomination. If their denomination believes a certain thing that is not in alignment with a potential new policy of the defense, then they are going to be censored. How do you deal with that censorship matter and that freedom of religion issue? Again, Tony Perkins, a marine, a chaplain, the president of Family Research Council, and Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, have both been uninvited already because of their views. They are politically incorrect. So the military invited them to speak at prayer breakfasts and they were uninvited. It would not have happened without this debate.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia
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May 27, 2010

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The speaker addresses concerns about censorship of military chaplains and freedom of religion.

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