Army Chaplains Reined In

First, Obama forced the military to accept open homosexuality in its ranks, and now his loyal minions are censoring Catholic chaplains in the Army. A true authoritarian.

From FoxNews:

Army chaplains have been told not to read a letter in Masses on Sunday that expresses disapproval of a new regulation in the Obama administration's health care law because the language in the letter speaks too strongly against the commander in chief.

According to a senior Army official, Chief of Chaplains Donald Rutherford was asked not to let chaplains read the Jan. 26 letter sent by Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio because of the sentence that states: "We cannot -- we will not -- comply with this unjust law."

"There was a worry that would be a call for civil disobedience," said a senior Army official.

Mark Steyn made a great point yesterday. "When government gets bigger, everything else gets smaller."

Update: From FoxNews:

The Army said Tuesday that a request for chaplains not to read a letter in Sunday Mass that expressed disapproval of a new regulation in the Obama administration's health care law was not an attempt to "censor," but rather a cautionary move to preserve "military order and discipline."

The Army acknowledged that Chief of Chaplains Donald Rutherford had asked chaplains to only distribute, but not read, the Jan. 26 letter sent by Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio. The concern was apparently over a single line.

"The Chief of Chaplains was concerned that one line in the 456-word letter could be misinterpreted as a call to civil disobedience within our nation's military ranks," the statement said.

This is outrageous. For any government to insert itself between a Catholic and his priest during Mass when the latter is instructing on faith and morals represents a terrible precedent.

"I am the King's good servant, but God's first." Saint Thomas More, pray for us.