FRC, ADF, and Military Chaplains to Hold News Conference Opposing Possible Overturning of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

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Apr 27, 2010, 12:38 ET

WASHINGTON, April 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Family Research Council President and Marine veteran Tony Perkins will join Alliance Defense Fund Senior Counsel Jordan Lorence at a news conference Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The event will announce the release of a letter to President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, signed by more than 40 retired military chaplains. The letter addresses the chaplains' religious liberty concerns with the proposal to overturn the law against the practice of open homosexual behavior in the military, frequently referred to as the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law.

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The letter outlines numerous practical ways that normalizing homosexual behavior in the military would necessarily harm religious liberty for both chaplains and service members. It can be viewed at http://www.telladf.org/UserDocs/DADTLetter.pdf.

A live webcast of the news conference will also be available at http://www.frc.org/press/adf-frc-dadt.

WHAT:	Press conference announcing letter signed by veteran military
	chaplains opposed to changing the so-called
	"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law

WHO:	Tony Perkins, President, Family Research Council
	Jordan Lorence, Senior Counsel, Alliance Defense Fund
	Colonel Rich Young, Retired Chaplain, U.S. Army

WHERE:	FRC Media Center, 801 G. Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

WHEN:	Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. EDT