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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 Department's 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 didn't go so well for the Left. So they tried denying it. That was a bust. Now, they've moved on to a new strategy: digging in and defending it -- and, considering the latest clash over the military, that might be the worst idea of all....

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 Defense's (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 of the DOD policy.  But an Army investigator concluded Chaplain Calvert's religious beliefs violat...

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 the contrary.” And he spoke of mental health: “The motivation is different, but the argument is 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 Liberty released a statement Monday calling on senior Army leadership to dismiss charges of wrongdoi...

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 military policy preventing trans-identified individuals from serving in the military.  Chaplain Maj. A...