{"id":16137,"date":"2012-06-09T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T21:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=16137"},"modified":"2012-06-26T20:02:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-27T00:02:47","slug":"army-chaplain-performs-first-ever-military-same-sex-lesbian-nuptial-ceremony-in-chapel-at-fort-polk-in-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/06\/army-chaplain-performs-first-ever-military-same-sex-lesbian-nuptial-ceremony-in-chapel-at-fort-polk-in-la.html","title":{"rendered":"Army Chaplain Performs First-Ever Military Same-Sex Lesbian Nuptial Ceremony in Chapel at Fort Polk in La."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16163\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16163\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Main-Post-Chapel-at-Fort-Polk-LA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16163\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Main-Post-Chapel-at-Fort-Polk-LA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"153\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16163\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Main Post Chapel at Fort Polk, LA (Stars &amp; Strips)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>First Lesbian &#8216;Wedding&#8217; desecrates Military Chapel. Obama violates state law.<\/h1>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/general\/contact_information\/senators_cfm.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>TAKE ACTION: Call, write, fax, email your U.S. Senator to support H.R. 4310 and H.R. 3823 to protect chaplains free speech and chapels from desecration. (Fax Free from your computer)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/general\/contact_information\/senators_cfm.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>_________________________________<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/general\/contact_information\/senators_cfm.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>Contact information of every U.S. Senator\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">_________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/representatives\/find\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact information of every U.S. House of Representatives Member<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>_________________________________<\/p>\n<h2>Sample Fax, Snail Letter or Email:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,monospace\"><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,monospace\">Re: Protect military chaplains&#8217; and troops&#8217; religious freedom and pass H.R. 3828.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dear [Senator or Congressman Lastname]:<\/p>\n<p>Please co-sponsor and vote to pass H.R. 3828, a bill to protect military chaplains&#8217; and troops&#8217; religious freedom to oppose immorality.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Tim Huelskamp of Kansas has introduced the Military Religious Freedom Protection Act (H.R. 3828), and he needs your help to pass it.<\/p>\n<p>The bill does three things:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1) Protects military chaplains from being forced to participate in any ceremony or function that is against their conscience or religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>2) Protects our men and women in uniform from being discriminated against because of sincerely held religious beliefs opposed to same-sex marriage or homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>3) Prohibits the use of military facilities for same-sex marriage ceremonies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Courier New,Courier,monospace\">Our founding fathers would roll over in their graves if they had learned YOU did not protect the religious rights and consciences of American chaplains and troops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We stand with leaders from The Pray In Jesus Name Project who will score your vote and fax it to nearly every pastor in your state before the next election.<\/p>\n<p>Please co-sponsor and pass H.R. 3828. 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FREE!<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">____________________________________________<\/p>\n<h1>Chaplains Denounces Lesbian Ceremony on Army Base<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/us\/2012\/June\/Chaplain-Group-Denounces-Gay-Ceremony-on-Army-Base\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CBNNEWS.COM<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A military chaplains&#8217; organization is speaking out against a lesbian ceremony held at a U.S. Army chapel in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>Ron Crews, executive director the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, said Fort Polk&#8217;s chaplain may have acted in accordance with his church teachings, but he should have considered state law and pending legislation in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Polk is located in Louisiana, a state that does not recognize same-sex marriage or civil unions.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., also has a bill in the House that would ban military installations from being used for a same-sex marriage or a marriage-like ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>A Fort Polk spokesman Scott Stearns has said the women&#8217;s ceremony was a commitment ceremony, not a marriage.<\/p>\n<p>But Crews said that made no difference, according to state law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While the ceremony was not a marriage, it is clear that this was in fact a marriage-like ceremony, and it was performed on a military base in a state that has a clear definition of marriage in their state law,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More at Christian Coalition of America<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cc.org\/news\/chaplains_denounces_gay_ceremony_army_base?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christiancoalition+%28Christian+Coalition%29&amp;utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cc.org\/news\/chaplains_denounces_gay_ceremony_army_base?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christiancoalition+%28Christian+Coalition%29&amp;utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">THE FOLLOWING IS EXCEPTED FROM&#8230;<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16138\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.conservativedonations.com\/pijn_chaplainsfreedom\/?a=7367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16138 \" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/06\/Chaplain-Gordon-James-Klingenschmitt-PhD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click Chaplain Klingenschmitt&#039;s Banner Above to Sign A Petition to Support H.R. 4310 &amp; Fax all 50 Senators. (Small fee.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><strong>Dr. Chaps&#8217; comment: \u00a0Folks, 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. \u00a0Any chaplain who objects will be punished, and the keys to his chapel must be turned over to homose xual activists. \u00a0Does anybody doubt that my warning has now come true?]<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><span style=\"font-family: arial\">President Obama trampled on Louisiana state law, and desecrated the Christian\u00a0chapel on a military post at Fort Polk, Louisiana<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial\">, by authorizing the first homose xual &#8216;wedding&#8217; ceremony by a lesbian couple in a military chapel. \u00a0Flaunting his federal power over Louisiana (whose law clearly defines Marriage = 1 Man + 1 Woman), and ignoring the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, Obama&#8217;s Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson issued a memo this year forcing all military chapels in all 50 states to be open for &#8216;gay&#8217; weddings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now we learn that three weeks ago, a lesbian couple was secretly &#8216;married&#8217; upon, and desecrated the Christian altar in the base chapel with sod omy, marking the first reported homosexual wedding in a military chapel ever. \u00a0A pro-homose xual chaplain presided at the &#8216;marriage-like religious ceremony&#8217; 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.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman\u00a0John Fleming, M.D. (R-LA) <a href=\"http:\/\/news.dienerconsultants.com\/ct\/8857442:12253336573:m:1:157395140:BDC3F5642F640669484DC59ED929B068:r\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">told CNSNews.com<\/a> on Wednesday that &#8220;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\u2019s district.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is my understanding that this is the first ceremony of its type on an American military base and that is, as it\u2019s reported, it was a wedding ceremony between two members of the same gender who are uniformed members of the Army,&#8221; Fleming said<span style=\"font-family: arial\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>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: \u00a0&#8220;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,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/news.dienerconsultants.com\/ct\/8857443:12253336573:m:1:157395140:BDC3F5642F640669484DC59ED929B068:r\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Akin said.<\/a> \u00a0&#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;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 service members and chaplains from recriminations based on their concerns regarding same-sex marriage.&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial\"><br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.conservativedonations.com\/pijn_chaplainsfreedom\/?a=7367\" target=\"_blank\">We must take action to protect our chapels. \u00a0Please sign our petition to all 100 Senators. (Small fee.)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"1\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><strong>PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cFILED UNDER\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>CLICK ON ANY OF THOSE TOPICS TO TAKE YOU TO SIMILAR POSTINGS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Posted by Donna Calvin \u2014 Saturday, June 09, 2012<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please share this Watchwoman post on your Facebook page, Linkedin, Google+1, Twitter to all your friends, Please click \u201cLike\u201d, Share, and Leave Comments.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Word Warriorette, a free Yahoo Group, and subscribe to be notified (one email a day) of new posts on Watchwoman.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/WordWarriorette\/\">http:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/group\/WordWarriorette\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><em>DISCLAIMER: Beliefnet puts paid advertisements on \u201cWatchwoman on the Wall\u201d blog site including some that would never be approved of by the King James Bible, Pastor Ernie Sanders of Doers of the Word Church, What\u2019s Right-What\u2019s Left Radio Ministry, the Voice of the Christian Resistance, Geauga County Right to Life and Donna Calvin.\u00a0 We at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrwl.org\/\">www.WRWL.org<\/a> do not condone, endorse, adhere to, practice or believe in many of the topics and some of what other bloggers promote or their religions at Beliefnet.\u00a0 However, Mrs. Calvin has no control of what Beliefnet displays.\u00a0\u00a0 She blogs at Beliefnet because she is in the missionary field ministering to true believers posting articles and commentaries informing pro-life, conservative Christians of recent anti-Christian acts and hostile legislation to God\u2019s Agenda and His Will for the world.\u00a0 Hopefully, unbelievers will read these along with the salvation message of Jesus Christ as written in the Gospel of John, Chapter 3, according to the King James Bible, and be saved.\u00a0 A missionary must go into the unbelievers\u2019 territory to reach them.\u00a0 Her mission is to Proclaim Warning to a Nation that has forgotten their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the only Truth, the Life, and the only Way to the One God the Father.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=4928<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">~\u2020~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Lesbian &#8216;Wedding&#8217; desecrates Military Chapel. Obama violates state law. TAKE ACTION: Call, write, fax, email your U.S. Senator to support H.R. 4310 and H.R. 3823 to protect chaplains free speech and chapels from desecration. 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