Posted on 10/05/2013 5:35:22 AM PDT by mware
In a stunning development, some military priests are facing arrest if they celebrate mass or practice their faith on military bases during the federal government shutdown.
With the government shutdown, many [government service] and contract priests who minister to Catholics on military bases worldwide are not permitted to work not even to volunteer, wrote John Schlageter, the general counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA, in an op-ed this week. During the shutdown, it is illegal for them to minister on base and they risk being arrested if they attempt to do so.
According to its website, the Archdiocese for the Military Services provides the Catholic Churchs full range of pastoral ministries and spiritual services to those in the United States Armed Forces.
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2013/10/04/priests-threatened-with-arrest-if-they-minister-to-military-during-shutdown/#ixzz2gqlEaUts
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1) Priests employed by the government cannot trespass on military bases during the shutdown, and therefore may not perform services on the base. <-- I understand why the gov't would say this.
2) Priests cannot go to a neutral place and act as priests <-- totally indefensible and unAmerican.
Priests banned from military installations. But scumbags like the Navy Yard shooter are given free reign?
OMG!!! I almost can’t believe you.
Yes, of course. The country, under our fearless leader, has adopted the policy of actively suppressing all things Christian, and promoting all things jihadi.
You know I’m right.
You understand wrongly. They are doing it as punishment not to avoid a law suit.
Catholic League has not even picked it up yet.
House leadership should go to a federal judge for warrant to arrest whoever gave that illegal order.
1st amendment covers this.
So Priests who aren’t getting paid are not allowed to minister to soldiers who aren’t allowed to announce their faith.
The Emperor Nero cloak fits The Usurper better each day.
(Have they started digging catacombs under the bases yet?)
What about our FEDERAL PRISONS???? Are the Priests, Ministers and IMAMS ALLOWED in??
Trespass?!? Most installations are open posts. Who else are they arresting visiting an installation? Military police enforce order on Installations — are they being told to arrest people who come on post? Wondering . . .
What else do you expect from a Communist government?
The brain dead citizens know nothing about a Marxist government. They have no clue as to what it was before Ronaldo told the Commies to “Tear Down This Wall”.
It was a great experience for me to live in post Communist central Europe.
America is about to experience the USSA.
I call him the Negro Nero.
As I have said, priests have died to give the sacrament to people. Arrests, that is a piece of cake.
Make sure all the media was there when you frogmarched said commander off to a cell.
We now need a gubmint OK to practice ones faith?
With this pResident, none of his actions are benign or rational. There is always some evil motivation behind his actions.
Up yours, Cracka's!!
I also think I understand why he's doing it!
Fox News reporting the House has just met to deal with this issue
BUMP!
I think it just hit the fan folks.
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