This is ridiculious...U.S. military chaplains cannot invoke the name of Jesus during public prayer services...including battlefield services over the bodies of dead American soldiers who were practicing members of a religious faith. This, because they don't want to offend secular members of the unit who might be offended by the mention of Jesus or God as a priest is giving Last Rites or whatever the religious practice calls for.
What is the point of having a chaplain if he cannot practice his or her religion and lead others in observances of that same religion? That's why they have chaplains of every faith there--so soldiers can choose their "flavor" and pray in whatever fashion they wish. Those that choose not to--don't.
But the Congress should leave the chaplains alone and let them do their work without barriers. Let the military brass deal with this issue.
The long and the short---if it's billed as a non-denominational service, then it should be. But chaplains need to be able to perform their jobs for the religious.
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