Navy surrenders: Chaplain eating Hunger strike ended

Posted by Bible Probe on January 07, 2006 at 06:19:32:

Navy surrenders:
Chaplain eating
Hunger strike comes to end with OK
to pray in uniform in name of Jesus

The Navy chaplain who has gone without food for 18 days in protest of the Navy's policy encouraging "inclusive" prayers at public events says he has received permission to wear his uniform and pray in Jesus' name outside the White House tomorrow and will end his hunger strike by taking communion there.

Lt. Gordon James Klingenschmitt

Lt. Gordon James Klingenschmitt had said he would not eat until President Bush signed an executive order allowing chaplains to pray in public according to their individual faith traditions. Later, he said if the Navy would allow him to wear his uniform in public and pray in Jesus' name he would end his fast. Klingenschmitt told WND this evening he has received a letter from his commanding officer giving him permission to do so.

A previous letter from his commanding officer at Naval Station Norfolk said the chaplain could not wear his uniform for media appearances, which is standard Navy policy when a service member is expressing his own opinion. Klingenschmitt believed that letter was meant to prevent him from praying publicly in Jesus' name while wearing his uniform.

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