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By Tony Perkins | June 28, 2021 | 1:28pm EDT oint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Mark Milley testifies on the Defense Departments budget request during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 17, 2021. (Photo credit: Evelyn Hockstein-Pool/Getty Images) Ignoring the controversy over critical race theory didnt go so well for the Left. So they tried denying it. That was a bust. Now, theyve moved on to a new strategy: digging in and defendin...

06-24-2021 The U.S. Army has decided not to issue a formal reprimand against Chaplain (Major) Andrew Calvert for expressing his religious beliefs online.  As CBN News reported in May, the Army harshly reprimanded a Calvert for an old post on his personal Facebook page supporting the Department of Defenses (DOD) exclusion of transgender service members, which was DOD policy at the time the post was made.  Calvert was punished after expressing his religious beliefs in a news article in support ...

In January, I covered the story of Maj. Andrew Calvert. The U.S. Army chaplain recently perused a military newspaper’s Facebook page, whereupon he asked a question: “How is rejecting reality (biology) not evidence that a person is mentally unfit (ill), and thus making that person unqualified to serve?” He drew a connection to a different kind of denial: “There is little difference in this than over those who believe and argue for a ‘flat earth’ despite the overwhelming evidence to t...

A U.S. Army chaplain leads soldiers in prayer while on overseas deployment. | AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY An advocacy group comprised of military chaplains has called on the United States Army to intervene on behalf of a chaplain who was punished for sharing his views on transgender ideology on Facebook. U.S. Army leadership reprimanded Chaplain Major Andrew Calvert for criticizing possible changes to the Department of Defense’s policies on transgender service. The Chaplain Alliance for Religious ...

U.S. Army soldiers pray on September 11, 2011 during a protestant service at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan. Ten years after the 9/11 attacks in the United States and after almost a decade war in Afghanistan, American soldiers gathered for church services in prayer and solemn observance of the tragic day. | John Moore/Getty Images A decorated U.S. Army chaplain is appealing actions taken against him that could end his career after he voiced support on his personal social media page for a milita...

05-14-2021 The U.S. Army has harshly reprimanded a highly decorated chaplain for an old post on his personal Facebook page supporting the Department of Defenses (DOD) exclusion of transgender service members, which was DOD policy at the time the post was made.  Chaplain (Major) Andrew Calvert was punished after expressing his religious beliefs in a news article in support of the DOD policy.  But an Army investigator concluded Chaplain Calverts religious beliefs violated Army policy and the Ar...

Highly Decorated Army Chaplain Appeals Career-Ending Punishment for Expressing His Religious Beliefs Chaplain reprimanded after expressing support for DOD policy    May 12, 2021 11:09 ET | Source: First Liberty Institute First Liberty Institute Plano, Texas, UNITED STATES FT. HOOD, Texas, May 12, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Army reprimanded Chaplain (Major) Andrew Calvert Chaplain Calvert for using his personal Facebook account to comment o...

Chaplain Maj. Andrew Calvert is appealing with the assistance of First Liberty Institute, a right-wing legal advocacy group.