A Prayer To Almighty God~
and
A Petition To Secretary of Defense Robert Gates:
Dear Sir:
U.S. Navy Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt is being unjustly punished for praying in Jesus’ name~ for quoting Scripture passages in a military chapel~ for voicing evangelical messages about Christ while in uniform.
Chaplain Klingenschmitt courageously stood for what is right~ and his stand was completely vindicated by Congress.
I am calling on you to immediately reinstate him and allow him to continue his outstanding service as a Navy chaplain. Mr. Secretary~ you must act! Chaplain Klingenschmitt has been kicked out of the Navy~ ending an award-winning 15.5-year career. He has lost his pension and been evicted from military housing and will soon lose his health care benefits — and our sailors have lost this faithful vicar of Christ.
Yes~ he was found guilty at a misdemeanor court-martial of disobeying a direct order~ based on an unjust Navy policy — Instruction 1730.7C — that since has been repudiated and replaced by Congress.
Yet though the new policy is the direct result of his righteous stand~ Chaplain Klingenschmitt’s case isn’t being “grandfathered” under this corrected policy. He is shown no mercy or forgiveness — indeed he is being persecuted and retaliated against for his role in ending the unconstitutional policy he publicly exposed.
That is wrong! He should be honored and rewarded for doing what’s right — not dishonored~ punished and impoverished. Certainly there must be a way for you and your office to absolve this faithful servant of such arbitrary and disproportionate retribution which is being selectively meted out because of his principled resistance to an unlawful~ and now rejected~ policy. Find it and take action!
Thanks to Chaplain Klingenschmitt~ all Navy and Air Force chaplains are free again to fulfill their mission~ and pray publicly in Jesus’ name! But must the freedom he purchased for others cost him everything? Reinstate Chaplain Klingenschmitt now! Respect for our Constitution~ simple justice and faithful obedience to religious conscience demands no less!
We~ the undersigned~ pray in Jesus’ name~
(Signed)
{YOUR NAME HERE}
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