Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force; sermons by chaplains. (SB1295)
Introduced By
Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria)
Progress
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Description
Chaplains of the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force; sermons. Prohibits censorship by state government officials or agencies of the religious content of sermons and other speeches made within religious services by chaplains of the Virginia National Guard while in Title 32 or State Active Duty status or of the Virginia Defense Force, so long as such content does not urge disobedience of lawful orders and members of the National Guard or Defense Force are not required to attend the service or event. Read the Bill »
Status
01/26/2015: Merged into SB690
History
Date | Action |
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01/14/2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102364D |
01/14/2015 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
01/26/2015 | Incorporated by General Laws and Technology (SB690-Black) (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
Comments
The Secular Coalition of Virginia has concerns about this bill. While this is an improved version of SB690 the SCVA is not certain what problem if any is being solved by this legislation. Most likely this will be used as cover to expose Guard and Defense members to religious proselytizing by Chaplains.