Conscience Rights & Religious Freedom
Defense Department Issues New Rules on Religious Liberty...
The Department of Defense recently released an Instruction (Number 1300.17) to implement a defense bill "conscience clause" to protect religious liberty in the military. The January 22 directive referenced Section 533 of the National Defense Authorization...
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Congress Takes First Steps to Protect Religious Liberty...
Defense Authorization Codifies Protections for Chaplains − More Work Needed
The Center for Military Readiness is pleased that the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 (NDAA) includes a new section of law that reaffirms the constitutional...
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West Point Raises Swords for Same-Sex Ceremony
Check off another prediction about the consequences of LGBT law − a policy that imposes the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender agenda on America's military. Same-sex marriages on military bases became all-but inevitable when Congress rushed to repeal the 1993 law regarding gays in...
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Senators Inhofe & Wicker Co-Sponsor Bill to Protect...
Senators Roger Wicker (R-MS) and James Inhofe (R-OK) have responded to concerns about infringements on religious freedom in the military, co-sponsoring a free-standing bill, S. 3526 , titled the “ Military Religious Freedom Act of 2012 (MRFPA) .”
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Huelskamp Spearheads Military Religious Liberty...
The newly-enacted LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) Law and related policies in the military have created irreconcilable conflicts that have yet to be resolved. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees rights of conscience and...
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Congress Must Protect Defense of Marriage Act in the...
Twenty-four hours after final repeal of the 1993 law usually called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on September 20, Defense Department officials revealed their true intent regarding same-sex marriage in the military. In two policy memoranda , the Pentagon authorized the use of...
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WHERE DO ALLEN & WEBB STAND ON WOMEN IN COMBAT?
On September 13, 2006, Sen.George Allen (R-VA) raised the issue of women in combat in his campaign for re-election to the U.S. Senate. According to news reports, the Allen campaign sponsored a high-profile news conference criticizing a Washingtonian magazine article...
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THE SUPREME COURT AND THE MILITARY
There is no reason to doubt the integrity of White House Counsel Harriet Miers , a person whom President George W. Bush trusts and has nominated to the Supreme Court. The Center for Military Readiness is concerned, however, about her actions as White House Counsel...
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COURTS, CONGRESS, AND THE MILITARY
During upcoming hearings on the nomination of Judge John Roberts to the Supreme Court, senators should inquire about the nominee’s philosophy on the tradition of judicial deference to the military. They should also make sure that Judge Roberts does not agree with retiring Justice Sandra...
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CONGRESSWOMEN PUSH FOR WOMEN IN COMBAT
CMR has learned that several liberal members of Congress, led by feminists Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Susan Davis (D-CA), are working hard to deny any role for Congress in decisions regarding military orders to force (not allow) female...
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