Becket Fund for Religious Liberty

"I applaud the Navy for upholding a traditional definition of the chaplaincy, which has been repeatedly confirmed by Congress and the DOD. The installment of an atheist chaplain would inevitably open the door to a host of chaplains representing many other philosophical worldviews," said principled limited government constitutional conservative Rep. Doug Lamborn.

In a bizarre act straight out of the Obama playbook for social engineering in the military, the Navy Chaplain Appointment and Retention Eligibility Advisory group is recommending that militant atheist Dr. Jason Heap be appointed to serve as a secular-humanist chaplain in the Navy.

The forces are gathering for a final push to declare all expressions of Christian conscience to be “irrational” and to prohibit any overt Christian influence in public policy and in culture. Christian believers must understand that this is no longer a polite political debate, this is war.