‘In response to the backlash from the archdiocese, the First Liberty Institute and the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, Walter Reed told Catholic News Agency that it was "reviewing the contract and unable to provide specifics.’
‘A number of accommodation processes were fragmented and difficult for service members and approving officials to navigate without a standardized and transparent system of record’
‘This policy is not just illegal, it shamefully politicizes the military, circumvents the authority of Congress, and exceeds the authority of the Department of Defense’
‘Chaplain Alliance was part of a larger united effort of First Liberty Institute to ensure SCOTUS had little room to maneuver out of anything other than supporting Religious Freedom!’
‘We are thankful for the many who are diligently working to aid those serving our nation in uniform who seek a religious accommodation from recent directives dictating forced vaccinations’
‘Folks always want to know the bottom-line, and the bottom-line in this case is that Chaplain Calvert was exonerated - religious liberty and free speech was upheld’
‘Chaplain Calvert’s sincerely held beliefs are protected by the First Amendment and our Federal courts have repeatedly ruled in favor of First Amendment protection for religious expression such as Chaplain Calvert’s’