In a win for chaplains in Veteran Affairs (VA), VA Secretary Douglas Collins affirmed that a speech code restricting chaplains’ sermons is unlawful. He added that the department had taken action to rescind the code.
Collins announced the VA’s action in a letter responding to First Liberty Institute and the Independence Law Center, which had written a letter on behalf of Rusty Trubey, an Army Reserve chaplain at the Coatesville VA Medical Center. Trubey was punished for preaching a sermon titled “When a Culture Excludes God.” When he finished preaching the message, which included Romans 1:23-32, a police officer employed by the VA approached Trubey and informed him that people had complained about his sermon.
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