Good question. They normally have four chaplains. A Catholic, Protestant (sometimes 2), sometimes a Rabi, and now a days a Muslim.
Again, thanks so much. I needed the answers to those questions to formulate my overall response to this article.
I would *hope* that, in the event, 2 gay Catholics want to get married that they would be required to go to one of the other ministers (who are not against gay marriage).
I would also *hope* that the Catholic chaplain can also advise them of the state of their souls if they do so (ie. the mortal sin they are committing); however, I have to wonder just how many Catholic chaplains actually currently express the need to be a Catholic in good standing though...or if they tend to lean towards the wishy washiness I see more and more of these days.
T have a relative who is the only Chaplin of any kind at the Navy Base in Puerto Rico. He is a Baptist.