DAILY KOS – Evangelical military chaplains, the 800 pound gorilla
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- On Tuesday there was a US House of Representatives Armed Forces Committee hearing onReligious Accommodations in the Armed Services. It lasted over 1 hour and 20 minutes.
- Mikey Weinstein of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation was one of the witnesses and he leads the fight for the separation of church and state in the military. Something that many do not believe in.
- One of the major issues discussed had to do with a chaplain’s own freedom of religion, for example, if a military chaplain performs a funeral for a service person, should the chaplain adapt the sermon to the religious beliefs or lack thereof of the service person or should the chaplain be able to say the same things as he would say if conducting the service to a group of his or her own faith? Should the chaplain be able to say “Jesus died for our sins” at a Buddhist funeral?
Since chaplains are promoted into service by their own faith, is any restriction in what they say not a limitation on their own freedom of expression?
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- January 14, 2026 | 2 comments
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Why would a Chaplain go against an individuals or families religious background or lack thereof? I have been a part of many funerals, as a part of our funeral honors team, and the Chaplain usually knows well beforehand the religious background and accomodates his service to fit. A lot of times a family with out a religious background still will allow the Chaplain to share a message and has no preference on what he says. So, in that case, if the Chaplain wants to share about the hope he has in his faith, so be it.