(CBN) – A US Navy chaplain is being accused of violating the Constitution for promoting a 12-week lecture series entitled “Lead Like Jesus.” Cmdr. Richard Clay Smothers, based out of Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, emailed a flyer about the series to military leaders, Navy Times reports.
Last Friday, retired Air Force Brigadier Gen. Marty France urged the base commander to “move quickly on this blatant violation of the Constitution as well as the DoD regulations.” Smothers has been accused of crossing the line that separates the church and the state and now the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) is asking that base commander Capt. Ian Johnson investigate the incident.
France told Johnson to, “Please, swiftly and effectively put an end to this Constitutional mess and make sure that, as I’m sure you agree, there is no single religious perspective that is considered a necessary or sufficient condition for leadership in your or any command.” READ MORE
