Navy Chaplain To Be Court-Martialed For Praying In Jesus' Name At Press Conference
NORFOLK NAVAL STATION, Va. – An evangelical Navy chaplain who attended a press conference and offered a prayer “in Jesus’ name” at the event while in uniform will be court-martialed for disobeying his commanding officer’s order not to do so.
Chaplain (Lt.) Gordon J. Klingenschmitt, who on May 3 rejected an administrative hearing on two charges, now faces a single charge of disobeying a lawful order from a commissioned officer, according to Lt. Cmdr. Bob Mehal of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic.
“I am innocent,” Klingenschmitt said May 19. “And I will prove my innocence at court-martial.”Klingenschmitt, an evangelical Episcopal priest assigned to the chaplain’s office at Norfolk Naval Station, has protested what he says is his right to lead evangelical Episcopal prayers, rather than nonsectarian prayers, when speaking to sailors of all faiths. The Navy has said he has the right to pray in his own faith but that chaplains have been asked since 1988 to make their prayers inclusive.
Read full Navy Times article here.
Labels: David C. Price
posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 5/27/2006 10:15:00 AM
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2 Comments:
Imagine a Court Marshall for a Christian praying in Jesus' Name. Incredible! The thing that boggles my mind about all this is that President Bush is supposed to be a man who seeks the guidance of God. I am truly disappointed that he has not issued an Executive Order regarding this situation.
I find it difficult to believe that the Army actively recruits chaplains at Southern.
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