In case my friend and co-blogger Chris Rodda hasn’t seen it, Chuck Norris’ latest column contains lots of lies about religion in the military. This should surprise no one, of course. He offers a list of a “dozen-plus examples reported by the FRC, Rep. Forbes office, and a few of my own I found, which document how religious freedom and Christian liberty in particular have been limited, quarantined, omitted, or outright obliterated.”

The Air Force Academy apologized for merely announcing Operation Christmas Child – a Christian-based charity and relief program designed to send holiday gifts to impoverished children around the world (November 2011).

As usual, a hysterical overreaction. The only thing that happened is that chaplains are promoting the charity instead of base commanders. Boy, that sure does obliterated religious freedom.

The Air Force is building an $80,000 Stonehenge-like worship site for “earth based” religions, including “pagans, Wiccans, druids, witches, and followers of Native American faiths” (November 2011).

Yes, they are. Of course, they spent more than $3 million on a Christian worship facility, but Norris doesn’t mention that. On Planet Wingnuttia, spending $80,000 to allow pagans to worship “obliterates religious liberty” while spending $3.2 million on a Christian facility only increases religious liberty.

The Department of Veterans Affairs censors references to God and Jesus during prayers at Houston National Cemetery (June 2011).

That’s a lie. They did nothing of the sort. They said that no one could include prayers in a memorial service if the family of the deceased does not want those things. Who exactly is obliterating religious liberty again?

The Pentagon releases new regulations, forcing chaplains to perform same-sex “weddings” despite their religious objections (September 2011).

Another lie. No chaplain would ever be forced to perform such weddings anywhere and under any circumstances. The Pentagon regulations explicitly say so and, just to make sure, the new defense authorization bill makes that civilian law as well.

Secretary Hillary Clinton demonizes other countries’ religious beliefs as an obstacle to radical homosexual rights (December 2011).

Only on Planet Wingnuttia would the right not to be put to death or imprisoned for being gay constitute “radical homosexual rights.”