Statement Clarifies Charges That Military Has Been Hostile To Evangelical Christians

In recent weeks, the blogosphere has been filled with various charges that the U.S. military has taken actions seen as hostile to evangelical Christians.  On Monday, the Southern Baptist Convention's North American Mission Board and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission issued a statement (full text) finally bringing some clarity to what actually happened.  As it turns out, the military has admitted that some of its actions were erroneous and corrected them. Other actions were mischaracterized in the media. The military does take the position that "proselytizing", defined as unwelcome coercion of religious beliefs, would be considered a Uniform Code of Military Justice offense.  Unwelcome advances are seen as violating good order and discipline by forcing faith beliefs on others.