“You do not have to be contemptuous of Obama to say that the contraception policy is both morally wrong and constitutionally illegitimate.
In fact, you don’t even have to mention Obama.”
I don’t have a problem with that.
I don’t even have a problem with the contents of the letter in question, particularly since I have not seen a link that lets me read the whole thing and therefore develop an opinion of it.
I might not have a problem with violating the UCMJ, under some circumstances.
I do have a problem with the “Full Title” as it heads the article and was repeated in post 1. It’s misleading at the very least.
My post at 33 or 34 contains an excerpt from this article that allows little doubt that the chief of chaplains did write such a letter. Now, the chief of chaplains is himself a Roman Catholic. It is possible according to the RC system that his position as ranking Roman Catholic permits him to speak in religious terms to his fellow priests. I don’t know.
However, if, as the Chief of Chaplains, he instructed all the other priests not to read the letter, then that truly is the “military” telling chaplains what they can and can’t say about this policy of the Obama admin.
My doubt that this instruction from the chief would have been religious is that in religious circles his superior is clearly the military archdiocese and they sent the letter to all the priests. I doubt he has authority to countermand his superior.
But, I’m just assuming. My assumptions, though, are based on a career as a military chaplain.