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**ViagraPriceBuying** · 06-03-2007, 03:52 PM

When I was in the Navy we always joked that when you join the military they take away your Bill of Rights but if you go to jail they give you extra rights!

They never said he couldn't pray in public. But they do have rules on when/where you can wear your uniform. And while wearing the uniform you are representing the Navy and follow their orders about non-denominational praying. He went to a political rally in uniform, thus making himself a Navy representative. Then he broke the Navy's rules on how to pray in a mixed group as a chaplain.

If he went out of uniform, as he was instructed to, then there would have been no problem.

Mostly, as ex-sailors, we all laughed about the fact that he was in for 16 years and was still a Lt!! Most officers get Lt in their first 4 or 5 years! I worked for a career Lt when I was in...what a waste of space on the ship he was.

06-03-2007, 03:52 PM	#4
ViagraPriceBuying Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 415 Senior Member	When I was in the Navy we always joked that when you join the military they take away your Bill of Rights but if you go to jail they give you extra rights! They never said he couldn't pray in public. But they do have rules on when/where you can wear your uniform. And while wearing the uniform you are representing the Navy and follow their orders about non-denominational praying. He went to a political rally in uniform, thus making himself a Navy representative. Then he broke the Navy's rules on how to pray in a mixed group as a chaplain. If he went out of uniform, as he was instructed to, then there would have been no problem. Mostly, as ex-sailors, we all laughed about the fact that he was in for 16 years and was still a Lt!! Most officers get Lt in their first 4 or 5 years! I worked for a career Lt when I was in...what a waste of space on the ship he was.
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