Homeland Security enlists clergy to help during times of martial law
August 28th, 2007Tyler/Newman/Neuman (pick a name and go with it, man) pointed me to this article about the role of clergy in times of martial law.
Dr. Durell Tuberville serves as chaplain for the Shreveport Fire Department and the Caddo Sheriff’s Office. Tuberville said of the clergy team’s mission, “the primary thing that we say to anybody is, ‘let’s cooperate and get this thing over with and then we’ll settle the differences once the crisis is over.’”
Such clergy response teams would walk a tight-rope during martial law between the demands of the government on the one side, versus the wishes of the public on the other.
This has been in the news a lot lately. Very disturbing. It was in many ways the cooperation and support of the ‘church’ that allowed Hitler to bring fascism so easily to Germany.
The trouble with Mr Tuberville’s remarks is that ‘this thing’ never gets ‘over’. Once government takes rights away, they are virtually never given back.
The Church should be on the side of law and liberty, not property confiscation and thuggery.
Larry nailed it. Well said.
Agree with Larry.
Are any of the pastors here familiar with this or have first hand experience? If a pastor here did would they dare speak out against it?
Well I just finished a two-year term as Chief of Chaplains for our local FD & PD (we have about 10 chaplains in all).
In the case of public emergency, the clergy is indeed often called upon to help as a buffer and peaceful influence, so that emergency workers can do their job unmolested. This is nothing new or controversial.
The idea of martial law and the suspension of rights, however, takes this in a completely different direction. In agreement with the others, clergy certainly should not become pawns for any form of tyranny.