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Pete Hegseth’s crusade to infuse the U.S. military with Christianity is provoking outrage and pushback.
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“The push is to a Christian identity,” said one former military chaplain who now serves as an endorser — someone chosen by the Pentagon to vet future chaplains — and describes himself as a devout Christian.
“This nation was not founded as a Christian nation,” the former chaplain said, adding that Hegseth “wants to see society go toward a national Christian identity.”
In addition to drastically reducing the military’s mandatory denominational choices, Hegseth has also launched a public relations campaign called “Send Me” that targets recruits and cadets with an Old Testament passage in which Isaiah tells God, “Here am I. Send me.”
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His rhetoric has prompted hundreds of service members to file complaints with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, according to its founder, Mikey Weinstein, an Air Force veteran.
“It’s ripping and tearing them apart,” Weinstein told MS NOW about his clients. “It destroys good order, morale, discipline and especially unit cohesion.”
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