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As of this date, 05-09-19, this folder contains 1 item. ******* item 1 NAVY'S DEBATE OVER USE OF JESUS' NAME PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON PRIEST ******************************************************************************* ******* item 1 NAVY'S DEBATE OVER USE OF JESUS' NAME PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON PRIEST ******* From: "NewsnBlues" ******* Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 ******* By David Yonke TOLEDO BLADE RELIGION EDITOR ******* Lt. Gordon James Klingenschmitt, a Navy chaplain, has become the focal point of the debate over a chaplain’s right to pray in the name of Jesus. ******* Lieutenant Klingenschmitt, 37, an Evangelical Episcopal priest from Buffalo, staged an 18-day hunger strike in front of the White House in December as the deadline approached for his Navy contract to be extended. ******* He said his superiors had punished him and called for his contract not to be renewed after 14 years in the service, largely because the chaplain had used Jesus’ name and quoted the Bible in public ceremonies. Navy chaplaincy guidelines call for generic references to God when leading prayers for a diverse group of sailors, especially when attendance is mandatory. ******* “This is the result of the political correctness movement,” Lieutenant Klingenschmitt told The Blade this week. “My commanding officer told the Navy board to end my career, saying I overemphasized my own faith system in sermons and prayers. They also punished me, in writing, for quoting the Bible in chapel.” ******* The day after he began his hunger strike, the Navy gave him a three-year contract. But it took 17 days of fasting — and media coverage — before the Navy agreed to let the chaplain wear his uniform while praying in Jesus’ name. ******* Lieutenant Klingenschmitt won his individual battle but said it cost him any chance for a promotion. ******* He is joining a larger effort that seeks to allow chaplains to worship and pray according to their own faith traditions, rather than following generic and pluralistic prayer texts. ******* More than 65 chaplains have joined a class-action lawsuit against the Navy alleging religious discrimination, saying they were passed over for promotion because their faith practices did not conform to the Navy’s pluralism policies. ******* Seventy five members of Congress, led by U.S. Rep. Walter Jones (R., N.C.), have signed a letter to President Bush asking him to sign an executive order allowing military chaplains to pray according to their faith traditions. ******* “The Navy is telling me I have to practice pluralism instead of the Christian faith, and they tell me my sermons and prayers have to be pluralistic and encompass all faiths,” Lieutenant Klingenschmitt said. “That would violate my vows to my civilian bishop who wants me to practice my Christian faith. I wear a cross on my uniform, not a ‘P’ for pluralism.” ******* The Navy Chaplains Corps in Norfolk, Va., did not return phone calls seeking comment. ********************************************************************************

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