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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFormer Navy chaplain: Gingrich ‘worthy of death’ for supporting marriage equality
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/01/03/former-navy-chaplain-gingrich-worthy-of-death-for-supporting-marriage-equality/A disgraced former Navy chaplain says that former Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich recently embraced marriage equality for LGBT people because he has been influenced by demonic voices and is now worthy of death just like all homosexuals.
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Former Navy chaplain: Gingrich ‘worthy of death’ for supporting marriage equality (Original Post)
ashling
Jan 2013
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samsingh
(17,601 posts)1. he is a disgrace
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)2. Too bad the gutless
shit is hiding at home instead of out there actually saying that to someones face.
I want to slap the shit out of him just after seeing his picture in your link.
Tempest
(14,591 posts)3. Ah, more of that "love your neighbor" that drove me away from the church. n/t
MADem
(135,425 posts)6. He was an evangelical episcopalian....whatever that is. nt
OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)4. The reason for his 2006 Navy court-martial is in this article....
Navy Chaplain Guilty Of Disobeying an Order
QUOTE:
On March 30, Klingenschmitt wore his uniform at a news conference in Lafayette Square in which former Alabama chief justice Roy S. Moore and others decried President Bush's lack of action on the chaplain's complaints. Klingenschmitt maintained that his only participation in the event was to offer public prayers and that he had prior written permission to wear his uniform when conducting "a bona fide worship service or observance."
During court-martial proceedings this week at the naval base in Norfolk, a military prosecutor, Cmdr. Rex A. Guinn, said Klingenschmitt had received clear orders from his superiors not to wear his uniform at media events or political protests. The event in Lafayette Square, he contended, was not a true worship service or observance.
NOTE: Judge Roy S. Moore is another religious fringe lunatic, and recently won back his position as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in the latest set of elections.
QUOTE:
On March 30, Klingenschmitt wore his uniform at a news conference in Lafayette Square in which former Alabama chief justice Roy S. Moore and others decried President Bush's lack of action on the chaplain's complaints. Klingenschmitt maintained that his only participation in the event was to offer public prayers and that he had prior written permission to wear his uniform when conducting "a bona fide worship service or observance."
During court-martial proceedings this week at the naval base in Norfolk, a military prosecutor, Cmdr. Rex A. Guinn, said Klingenschmitt had received clear orders from his superiors not to wear his uniform at media events or political protests. The event in Lafayette Square, he contended, was not a true worship service or observance.
NOTE: Judge Roy S. Moore is another religious fringe lunatic, and recently won back his position as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in the latest set of elections.
MADem
(135,425 posts)5. Key words: "Former" and "Disgraced."
Let's make it ENTIRELY clear what a loser this Ugly Rovian Turd is--he was courts martialed in 06:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/14/AR2006091401544.html
During court-martial proceedings this week at the naval base in Norfolk, a military prosecutor, Cmdr. Rex A. Guinn, said Klingenschmitt had received clear orders from his superiors not to wear his uniform at media events or political protests. The event in Lafayette Square, he contended, was not a true worship service or observance.
On Wednesday, a jury of five Navy officers found Klingenschmitt guilty of one misdemeanor count of disobeying a lawful order. Yesterday, the same jury determined his punishment: a formal reprimand and forfeiture of pay at the rate of $250 a month for the next 12 months.
That would amount to $3,000, or about 5 percent of his pay. But Klingenschmitt is unlikely to incur the full fine, for two reasons: The jury recommended that Rear Adm. Frederic Ruehe, commander of the Navy's Mid-Atlantic region, suspend the financial penalty, and Klingenschmitt doubts he will remain in the Navy for 12 more months.
"The letter of reprimand is actually the worst punishment because it will be used in a couple of months to kick me out of the Navy in a separate process called an administrative separation board," the chaplain predicted.
On Wednesday, a jury of five Navy officers found Klingenschmitt guilty of one misdemeanor count of disobeying a lawful order. Yesterday, the same jury determined his punishment: a formal reprimand and forfeiture of pay at the rate of $250 a month for the next 12 months.
That would amount to $3,000, or about 5 percent of his pay. But Klingenschmitt is unlikely to incur the full fine, for two reasons: The jury recommended that Rear Adm. Frederic Ruehe, commander of the Navy's Mid-Atlantic region, suspend the financial penalty, and Klingenschmitt doubts he will remain in the Navy for 12 more months.
"The letter of reprimand is actually the worst punishment because it will be used in a couple of months to kick me out of the Navy in a separate process called an administrative separation board," the chaplain predicted.
Read this link, though, there's some good detail in it--it states clearly why the guy is nothing more than a massive prevaricator of the first order:
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/persecuted-christian-navy-chaplain-bi
August 08, 2009 01:00 PM
'Persecuted Christian' Navy Chaplain is a Big Fat Liar; Dishonorably Discharged for Disobeying An Order
Coyotl
(15,262 posts)7. Here's what Jesus has to say to imbecil Republicans