The Pentagon’s newly announced policy of allowing people who identify as transgendered to serve in the military and receive special health care raises serious religious liberty concerns, charges a coalition of military chaplains.
Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, which says it speaks for more than 2,600 chaplains serving the armed forces, noted that in a recent conference call with its associates, a senior Pentagon official outlined implications of the policy change.
Pointing out that anyone in the military who receives a medical statement from a military medical professional certifying that they suffer from gender dysphoria will have all medical resources available for surgical alterations.
On the call, the Pentagon official was asked whether medical professionals who hold a biblical view on human sexuality will be required to violate their consciences.
The official replied that it’s the responsibility of medical professional to serve military persons.
“It’s an understatement to say that this raises serious religious liberty concerns,” said Chaplain Ron Crews, executive director of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty.
“The Department of Defense must ensure a service member is not forced to violate his or her conscience and that doctors and nurses who hold to a biblical view of human sexuality can serve in today’s military,” he said.
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