Showing posts with label Military chaplains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Military chaplains. Show all posts
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Navy Again Rejects Application To Become Secular Humanist Chaplain

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Washington Examiner yesterday reported that for a second time the U.S. Navy has rejected the application of Jason Heap to become the Navy&#...
Monday, November 21, 2016

Israel's High Court of Justice Enjoins Appointment of Military Chief Rabbi

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Israel's High Court of Justice today issued an injunction temporarily preventing the Israel Defense Forces from appointing Col. Eyal Kar...
Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Supreme Court Term Opens With Action On Cert. Petitions and More

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The U.S. Supreme Court opened its October 2016 Term on Monday, with the first oral arguments this morning. Here is a round-up of a number of...
Thursday, July 07, 2016

Chaplains' Group Says New Military Policy On Transgenders Poses Religious Freedom Concerns

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On June 30, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter  announced  that the ban on transgender individuals serving in the military is being lifted. ( L...
Friday, July 03, 2015

Suit Against Navy By Humanist Chaplain Applicant Can Proceed on Two Grounds

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Heap v. Carter ,  (ED VA, July 1, 2015), is a suit brought by Dr. Jason Heap, a certified Humanist Celebrant, and The Humanist Society, his ...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Controversial Former Navy Chaplain Now Running For Colorado State Senate

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Former Navy chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt , who gained national attention for his long-running battle with the military over regulati...
Friday, March 13, 2015

Role of Rabbis In Israel Army Ceremonies Is In Dispute

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Times of Israel reported yesterday on a controversy within the Israeli army over the role of rabbis at the swearing-in ceremony for new rec...

Navy May Remove Christian Chaplain For Inapproriate Counseling On Sexuality

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Military Times reported Wednesday on the Navy's threat to remove Pentecostal chaplain Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Modder from the service because ...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Uncertainty Continues On Religious Expression In the Military

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Stars and Stripes yesterday reports at length on the ambiguity in the military's current policy on expression of religious speech that ...
Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Controversial Former Navy Chaplain Loses Another Round

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Former Navy chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt, who has been in a long-running battle with the military over regulations requiring chaplai...
Friday, November 07, 2014

Humanist Sues Navy Over Rejection of His Chaplaincy Application

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Stars and Stripes reported yesterday that a lawsuit has been filed in federal district court for the Northern District of Virginia by a rel...
Monday, September 29, 2014

Many Navy Chaplains' Claims Dismissed on Limitations Grounds

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The federal district court for the District of Columbia last week dismissed on statute of limitations grounds a number of discrimination cla...
Friday, June 06, 2014

House-Passed Version of Defense Authorization Bill Impacts Chaplains, Religious Expression

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The text of HR 4435 , the "Howard P. ‘Buck’ McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015" as it passed the Hous...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

Cert. Petition Filed In Challenge To Navy Chaplain Corps Procedures

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The Rutherford Institute announced yesterday that it has filed a petition for certiorari ( full text ) in In re Navy Chaplaincy.  In the lo...
Friday, May 02, 2014

Chaplain's Complaint Over Actions During Government Shutdown Dismissed As Moot

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In Leonard v. United States Department of Defense ,  (D DC, April 30, 2014), the D.C. federal district court dismissed as moot claims by Cat...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

House Hearing Held On Religious Accommodation In the Military

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Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel yesterday held a hearing on Religious Accommodations in th...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

DC Circuit Denies Preliminary Injunction To Non-Liturgical Navy Chaplains Challenging Promotion Procedures

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In the long-running challenge to Navy procedures for promoting members of the Chaplain Corps, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday af...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Final Version of Defense Authorization Bill Contains Military Religious Freedom Provisions

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The House of Representatives yesterday passed  H Res. 441 concurring in the Senate Amendments to the 2014 Defense Authorization Bill, H.R. 3...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Endorsing Agency For Two Conservative Chaplains Sues VA Over Pastoral Education Program Clashes

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Fox News and Breibart News report  on a federal lawsuit filed last week by the endorsing agency for two military chaplains who were forced...