Chaplains have a War ongoing with the Growing Humanist Culture in the Military

Activists Humanists in the Military are causing problems limiting the ability and/or effective to be able to ministry to military personnel.

According to MAAF figures, more than 22 percent of service personnel identify as “no religious preference,” and slightly more than 1 percent identify as “atheist” or “agnostic.” In 2010, the Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute estimated humanists make up 3.6 percent of the U.S. military.

The new policy has its detractors. Writing for Reporter, the official newspaper of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, Roger Drinnon said a “heavily secularized military culture, stemming from ongoing atheist activism and LGBT advocacy,” has led to “an environment where restrictions and even punitive actions reportedly are being imposed on chaplains, commanders and lower ranks who seek to serve without compromising their religious faith.”

Humanism was recognized by the Army in 2014, but this new order expands that to all branches of the military.

1.    http://religionnews.com/2017/04/21/defense-department-expands-its-list-of-recognized-religions/


2.    http://awakeamericaonline.org/pray-for-our-leaders.html