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Pompeo: Military's First Amendment Rights Must Be Respected During Slowdown

Press Release

Date: Oct. 4, 2013
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Religion Military Personnel Government Budget and Spending

Upon hearing reports that the Obama administration has decided to furlough non-active-duty priests who serve as government contractors, Congressman Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas, an Army veteran, graduate of West Point, and member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, issued the following statement:

"The constitutional rights of those who put their lives on the line for this nation do not end with a government slowdown. It is completely irresponsible for the President to turn his back on every Americans First Amendment rights by furloughing military contract clergy. The President's strategy during the slowdown, just as during the sequestration, is to create as much pain as possible. However, this action crosses a constitutional line of obstructing every U.S. service member's ability to practice his or her religion."


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