
Long before the lame duck Congress voted to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) policy last fall, a chaplain at a briefing asked a senior Pentagon official if a biblical worldview on homosexuality would be protected in the post-DADT military. The reply he received was chilling: If you cannot come in line with this policy, then resign your commission.

Such stories worry Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty: "We must continue to have soldiers of faith in the military," he said.

President Barack Obama on July 22 certified that ending the 18-year-old ban on homosexuals serving openly in the armed forces would not harm military readiness. This long expected final step means that repeal will take effect in 60 days.

