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Daniel Blomberg: Breaking the military?s moral compass just when it?s needed most

By Alliance Alert

ADF Attorney Daniel Blomberg writing at Speak Up Movement / Church: "[A]s the Catholic Archbishop for the Military Diocese, Timothy Broglio, recently pointed out, other fundamental concerns are also at stake [in the face of DADT repeal]. Namely, the moral voice of the military is in danger of being silenced at a time when its guidance is most in need to an institution which?because it must daily make life-or-death decisions?requires a trustworthy moral compass. Shutting the mouths of chaplains?who not only provide religious services and counseling, but also regularly teach courses in ethics to military leaders and are specially tasked to provide ethical gudiance to commanders of their units?sends a message that their guidance isn?t trustworthy in the real world of the military."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on June 15, 2010 (boomark / email).