[Apologetics] Pentagon Bans Bibles from Military Exchange Stores. Guess who?

[DianneD]

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>Subject: Pentagon Bans Bibles from Military Exchange Stores. Guess who?
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>Urgent Petition! Defend Military Chaplains.  Demand Congress keep 2 good chaplain amendments to
H.R. 4310 to protect chaplains free speech and chapels from desecration. Select here, sign petition, we will fax all 100 Senators (saving
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>Pentagon Bans Bibles from Military Exchange Stores.  Guess who's to blame?
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>In yet another case of cowardice by senior military officials, the Pentagon has caved into atheist
complainers and banned certain Bibles from stores on military bases.
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>The Christian Post reports:  "An atheist activist group is claiming a victory in its ongoing effort to keep religious expression and symbols out of the U.S. armed services after
it was announced that the Department of Defense is removing military edition Bibles from its exchange stores. A
chaplain alliance group is asking Congress to investigate whether the action taken was religious discrimination.
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>"The [Militant Religion Foes] Foundation (MRFF) said that the Holman Christian Standard Bibles editions 'prominently emblazoned
with exact replicas of the trademarked emblems of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force' could be seen as the official religious text of the
four branches.
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>"Once again our foundation has decisively beaten back those who would see the wall separating church and state reduced to rubble," said Mikey Weinstein, president and founder of
MRFF."
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>Dr. Chaps' comment:  So our troops can't buy Bibles?  You may remember Mikey as the
self-described enemy of Jesus Christ who also sued me (and lost bigtime) because I prayed Psalm 109 to God, just like Mikey's apparently now lost 5
lawsuits in a row against Christians or Christianity. 
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>Mikey once said of his own agenda:  "We are at war with a sub-set
of evangelical Christianity...how many? Roughly 12.6% of the American public or 38 million people."
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>Sadly now the Pentagon and cowardly leaders of Base Exchange Stores caved-in to the domestic enemies of the Constitution and religious freedom, including Mikey who hates Bibles and the First Amendment
freedom of the press. 
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>Good News:  Bishops representing 2,000+ chaplains are fighting back,
demanding a Congressional investigation of Mikey's anti-Christian persecution. 
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>"These
Bibles cost the Department of Defense nothing, and their presence is legally legitimate; therefore, no reason exists for the DoD to retreat in the
face of the small anti-religious group that demanded removal of the Bibles," said Chaplain Ron Crews of The
Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty.
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>Please, please donate to our "Free Bibles for our Troops" campaign,
this week only, and we will make your donation to our troops for Bibles in the name of Mikey
Weinstein.
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>Then take a stand for
chaplains, and religious freedom in the military, by petitioning Congress to keep the two good pro-chaplain amendments already in H.R. 4310, here:
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>Please select here to sign urgent
petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose
immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.
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>First Lesbian 'Wedding' desecrates Military Chapel.  Obama violates state law.
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>President Obama trampled on Louisiana state law, and desecrated the Christian chapel on a military post at Fort Polk,
Louisiana, by authorizing the first homose xual 'wedding' ceremony by a
lesbian couple in a military chapel. Flaunting his federal power over Louisiana (whose law clearly defines Marriage = 1 Man + 1 Woman), and
ignoring the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, Obama's Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson issued a memo this year forcing all military chapels in all 50 states
to be open for 'gay' weddings. 
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>Now we learn that three weeks ago, a lesbian couple was secretly
'married' upon, and desecrated the Christian altar in the base chapel with sod omy, marking the first reported
homosexual wedding in a military chapel ever.  A pro-homose xual chaplain presided at the 'marriage-like religious ceremony' of two lesbian soldiers,
but did not issue a license, making the union illegal in the eyes of both Lousiana law, and the laws of Almighty
God. 
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>Congressman John Fleming, M.D. (R-LA) told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that "the
U.S. Army had confirmed to him that the chaplain had performed the ceremony less than a month ago in the base chapel at Fort Polk, which is in
Fleming's district."
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>"It is my understanding that this is the first ceremony of its
type on an American military base and that is, as it's reported, it was a wedding ceremony between two members of the same gender who are uniformed
members of the Army," Fleming said. 
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>Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO), said this confirms the need for the Senate to pass two good pro-chaplain amendments protecting chapels and chaplains free speech:  "It is very concerning that a same-sex ceremony would occur on a military base in a state where
the definition of marriage has been clearly defined as between one man and one woman," Akin said. "This action is clearly in contravention of state law, and also violates the Defense Department policies issued last fall. This appears to be a case
where political agenda has trumped the rule of law, which is absolutely unacceptable. This confirms the importance of
the language that my colleagues and I worked to include in the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act for 2013, which would protect
chaplains and servicemembers from this liberal agenda. The same individuals who will violate the law to advance their agenda will persecute those around them who disagree with their views."
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>"Congressman
Akin has led the efforts to protect traditional marriage on military bases. In 2011, Congressman Akin offered an amendment to H.R. 1540 which was
stripped by the Senate. In May 2012, Akin offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 which would protect servicemembers
and chaplains from recriminations based on their concerns regarding same-sex marriage."
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>[Dr. Chaps' comment:  Folks, I have been repeatedly saying for months, what nobody believed
was true, that military chapels both Catholic and Protestant will be desecrated in all 50 states by acts of sod omy on
the Christian altar, robbing all our troops of their right to a sacred worship space.  Any chaplain who objects will be punished, and the keys
to his chapel must be turned over to homose xual activists.  Does anybody doubt that my warning has now come
true?]
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>We must take action to protect our
chapels.  Please sign our petition to all 100 Senators.
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>Please select
here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
to oppose immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.
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>Pelosi persecutes Chaplains, then lies, calling them "a fraud...manufactured crisis." 
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>I personally traveled to Washington DC this week to meet my Congressman and visit the staff of 23 Senate offices to personally deliver YOUR 100,000+ petitions (again) for chaplains' freedom. I walked and prayed past all 100
Senators offices, and entered and delivered hand-written notes to 23 Senators on the Armed Services Committee (please call each listed here by dialing 202-225-3121 today)
to demand free speech for military chaplains, and protection for Christian chapels from sod omite desecration. 
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>I stood outside the House of Representatives floor while
they voted to PASS our two good chaplain amendments in HR 4310 the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013.
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>My full report press
release from my visit to Capitol Hill is here, which you can please forward to news reporters or radio hosts.  Christian Post called me for the
following report:
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>Pelosi Calls Chaplain 'Conscience Clause' a 'Fraud'  By Paul
Stanley, Christian Post
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>"House Minority
Leader Nancy Pelosi blasted a Republican proposal that would protect military chaplains from performing same-sex marriages, saying the provision in
unnecessary.
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>"Nobody is ordering them to do that," Pelosi told reporters Thursday.
"I've never seen any suggestion that we're ordering chaplains to perform same-sex [marriages]. Where is that? I think that they can rest assured
that if they don't believe in that, they don't have to perform those...When asked by a reporter at
her Thursday press conference if she supported the provision, Pelosi said she sided with the White House in opposing
it.
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>"I do not support that provision in the bill, that part of the bill," she
said. "I agree with the administration. And there's nothing that says that chaplains act against their faith.  Arguing that the issue was moot,
she added, 'Because it's a fraud. It's a – Welcome to the world of manufactured crises. Here's one.'..."
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>"Former Navy Chaplain [Gordon] James
Klingenschmitt was lobbying [23] members of the Senate Armed Services Committee Friday on Capitol Hill and
took exception to the minority leader's comments.
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>"I disagree with Rep. Pelosi. There are
dozens of active duty chaplains who have been pressured to not speak against homosexuality," Klingenschmitt told The Christian Post. "I know
of one Army and one Navy chaplain who have already resigned. Another active duty chaplain has been silenced,
threatened and punished against speaking against 'don't ask, don't tell.' What they [Pelosi] are saying is simply false...."
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>"Klingenschmitt expects the White House to threaten to veto
the proposal but there a number of Democratic senators such as Joe Manchin of West Virginia who are starting to
distance themselves from President Obama on this issue.  [Also call Claire McCaskill, Ben Nelson, and Jim Webb.]
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>"I'm confident we'll have this provision in the final bill, but it's a 50-50 chance at this
point."
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>"The House voted 299-120 to approve the Defense Authorization Act late Friday
afternoon. However, the bill faces a steep battle in the Senate."  [LET'S TAKE ACTION...]
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>Please select here to sign urgent
petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose
immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.
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>Victory!  House Armed Services Cmte protects Chaplains and Chapels
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>The House
Armed Services Committee added (but the Senate
has not yet added) two good religious freedom amendments to the 2013 Defense Authorization Act H.R. 4310, protecting
free speech for military chaplains who refuse to preside at homose xual 'wedding' ceremonies, and blocking same-sex marriage or marriage-like
ceremonies in chapels on military bases.
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>The
Hill reports:  "Members of the House
Armed Services committee voted to include the measure by Rep. Steve Palazzo (R-Miss.) into the panel's version of the fiscal 2013 defense
authorization bill late Wednesday night.
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>"The measure, which prevents 'marriage or marriage-like ceremonies' between same-sex couples from taking place at American military bases, was approved by a 37 to 24 vote along party lines.
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>"Republican
panel members also approved language to protect military personnel from reprisals for expressing 'their moral
principles and religious beliefs... concerning the appropriate and inappropriate expression of human sexuality.'
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>"That amendment, sponsored by Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) was approved by a straight party-line vote of 36 to
25."  Now bishops for 2,000 military chaplains are petitioning to pass these amendments
to defend chaplains rights.
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>Sadly, military chaplains report
heavy reprisals, as confirmed by Human
Events who interviewed "one currently serving chaplain, who spoke to Human Events on the condition of
anonymity, told a similar story of pressure to conform [to endorsing homosexual sin]. He declined to give his
name citing fear of reprisal; active duty service members are not to speak to the media without prior authorization....now it is chaplains who say
they are being muzzled by the military and a group has formed to pass legislation seeking relief on their behalf."
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>[Dr. Chaps' comment: Chaplains being muzzled?  Free speech censored? Boy does that sound familiar. 2012 is 2006 all over again for evangelical chaplains. It's time to clean house and pass this new pro-chaplain law, so let's all DEMAND
all 100 Senators keep the good pro-chaplain amendments.  Please sign our petition today...]
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>Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY
CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.
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>YOU CAN READ AKIN'S NEW AMENDMENT PROTECTING CHAPLAINS
HERE.
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>Then please call EVERY member of the House Armed Services Committee listed here, by dialing 202-225-3121 and requesting each
Member by name, to request they PASS THE AKIN AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1540.
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>Don't have time to make 61 phone calls today? Just sign our petition and we will fax all 61
members instantly, saving you much time!  How much time would it take you?  Sign here:
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>Please select here to sign urgent petition, and we will fax all 100 Senators (saving you time!) to PROTECT MILITARY
CHAPELS, CHAPLAINS AND TROOPS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM to oppose immorality, and keep the 2 good chaplain amendments to H.R. 4310.
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>God Bless you, in Jesus' name,
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>Chaplain
Gordon James Klingenschmitt, PhD
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