{"id":925,"date":"2011-05-14T14:16:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T18:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=925"},"modified":"2011-05-14T14:16:41","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T18:16:41","slug":"you-and-63-courageous-congressmen-stopped-same-sex-unions-in-the-navy-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/you-and-63-courageous-congressmen-stopped-same-sex-unions-in-the-navy-for-now.html","title":{"rendered":"You and 63 Courageous Congressmen Stopped Same-Sex Unions in the Navy (for now)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your reasonable Christian service (in this case activism) via email, phone calls and faxes to Congress men and woman made a difference (again) this week, when we scored another victory in the culture war for Chirst, persuading 63 Congressmen&#8211;the same Members you&#8217;ve been faxing with your petitions to defend DOMA and Christian chaplains&#8211; who signed a letter rebuking the Chief of Navy Chaplains Mark Tidd for lawlessness.  The 2-star Admiral Chaplain Tidd (a pro-sodomite Presbyterian) had abused his rank by attempting to force all of his junior chaplains to facilitate homosexual weddings in some Navy chapels.  But when confronted by Congress for his violations of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, Tidd repented and shelved his own homosexual wedding policy &#8220;pending further legal review and interdepartmental coordination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Reasonable service&#8221; is required of Christians. \u00a0Romans 12:1 &#8211; KJV<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prayinjesusname.org\/uploads\/Image\/ChapsImages\/63CongressmenVsTidd.pdf\"><strong>Click Here to see a copy of the heroic letter signed by 63 Congressmen<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-946\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2011\/05\/Chaplain-Gordon-James-Klingenschmitt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-946\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2011\/05\/Chaplain-Gordon-James-Klingenschmitt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt? <\/strong>&#8220;Chaps&#8221; 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