<\/a>President Barack Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. (AP Photo\/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)<\/p><\/div>Crews further said his Evangelical membership is in accord with the Catholic Archdiocese for Military Service, headed by Archbishop Timothy Broglio, which said on Tuesday that no Catholic chaplain in the military will be allowed to perform same-sex “marriages” and that same-sex weddings would not be allowed in the Catholic chapel on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.<\/p>\n
“While the memorandum acknowledges a chaplain’s right to not participate in same-sex ‘marriage’ ceremonies – a right not given by the Pentagon, but rather given by the Creator and protected by the chaplain’s faith group,” said Crews, “the new policy makes it clear that the Pentagon has placed the military in the midst of a deeply controversial issue during a time of ongoing war.”<\/p>\n
Crews also said his group is calling on Congress to affirm that the federal definition of marriage – one man and one woman for federal purposes — applies to the Department of Defense and that no federal facilities may be used to circumvent federal law.<\/p>\n
“In addition, we call on Congress to enact a ‘Right of Conscience’ clause in the Revised Title 10 code to ensure that no American, and especially not our service members, be forced to deny their religious beliefs,” Crews said.<\/p>\n
Crews is a former Army chaplain, who served with the 82 Airborne and with other divisions for 28 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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