The Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty announced October 5 that it is joining the Catholic Archdiocese for Military Services to say “no” to performing same-sex "marriages."
"Today, the church has lost its moral authority. The church has ceded its authority to the ACLU, and CODEPINK and MoveOn.org," said Lieutenant General Jerry Boykin.
Religious leaders have mostly been strangely, even ominously, silent or ineffective, if not even hostile, while faithful lay men and women have endured persecution for standing up for what the religious leaders should have been leading.
The Pentagon announced September 30 that military chaplains can officiate at homosexual “marriages,” but the Armed Services Subcommittee chair has said that such an instruction is illegal.
Investigators found evidence that a Pentagon survey pivotal to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal was engineered months prior to its release, and information was carefully leaked to the media to sway in favor of repeal.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and President Obama have certified the repeal of the military's ban on openly gay servicemen. The change to take effect in another 60 days.