Chaplaincy Great Again!’
It's a far cry from what we've seen under Democrat administrations
How many times have you heard Dems claim the GOP has no monopoly on faith or patriotism. Ok, fine. Then how do they explain policies that are explicitly antagonistic to the faith they claim to protest?
In the thousands of articles we’ve wrtten over the years, we did a quick search on Chaplain Corps, to see what we’d written on this topic in the past.
Here’s what popped up.
That lines up pretty neatly with the party that tried to disqualify Trump nominees for their religious views (that’s illegal, by the way), that ‘booed’ God and removed him from their party platform in 2012, that removed ‘so help me God’ from their oaths of office, and whose policies go Zero-for-Ten on the Ten Commandments.
Biden’s FBI infiltrating Latin Mass, prosecuting pro-life grandmothers, and denouncing as domestic terrorism Washington’s ‘Appeal To Heaven flag’ is entirely on brand with the rest of his party.
Then along came last year’s election, and Trump proved the adage true that ‘personnel is policy’, with people like JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Pete Hegseth speaking as boldly as Charlie Kirk about the role faith in Christ has had in this country, both past and present.
Pete Hegseth was retrweeted by Franklin Graham for sharing his faith boldly.
And here is the video he was sharing:
‘And the best part about it is… it’s a true story.’
Amen to that, Pete.
That, in turn, dovetails nicely with Hegeseth’s recent announcement of stripping away the politically-correct secular nonsense that handcuffed religous leaders in the Chaplaincy from being, well, religious LEADERS in the Chaplaincy.
And for anyone with their knickers in a twist over a federal official revitalizing faith… Pete here is citing one HELL of a precedent.
George Washington himself.
Not surprisingly, Franklin Graham had something to say about this as well.
As described in an article from the Biden years when the role of the Chaplaincy was very much in doubt…
With violence escalating and the war becoming even more gruesome, Congress commissioned George Washington as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. Less than a month after taking charge, Washington made one of his first requests, something he knew would be a vital and necessary component for his military operation.
As a military commander, Washington anticipated the toll war would take on his troops, especially knowing the incredible effort on the part of the colonists to defeat a formal standing army. Of course, he knew how important it was for his soldiers to be physically prepared, but he also understood that he would need something more in the face of such odds: spiritual fortitude, and the moral strength to persevere.
Though many ministers were already volunteering alongside colonial troops, Washington wanted their services recognized and financially compensated, and for them to become an official part of the army.
On July 29, 1775, Congress granted Washington’s request and the Chaplain Corps was born. There would be one chaplain for each regiment in the Continental Army. Receiving a captain’s pay, they would attend to the spiritual, emotional, and even physical wellbeing of the troops. —FirstLiberty
Not only did he fight to provide for the physical needs of his troops, but he cared deeply about their spiritual needs as well.
Isn’t it nice to have someone in office that understands the significance of providing for both?
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