WorldNetDaily:
An uproar has developed after a Ranger-qualified Army chaplain referenced faith in a seminar on suicide prevention.
A group called Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers made the fight public, accusing Chaplain Joe Lawhorn of using "his official position to force his personal religious beliefs on a captive military audience" in a November presentation to Army members. Lawhorn then received what amounted to a letter of reprimand from his commanding officer, Col. David G. Fivecoat, at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Now, a spokesman for Lawhorn's sponsoring organization, retired Chaplain Ronald Crews of Grace Churches International and the Chaplain Alliance, has come to his defense.
In a letter, Crews asked Fivecoat to withdraw the reprimand.