{"id":599716,"date":"2023-11-10T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T18:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=599716"},"modified":"2023-11-10T13:12:28","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T18:12:28","slug":"canadian-armed-forces-to-chaplains-praying-is-too-traumatic-for-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=599716","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Armed Forces to chaplains \u2014 praying is too &#8216;traumatic&#8217; for soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>This Remembrance Day, soldiers and veterans can rest assured that they will no longer be subjected to the indignity of hearing military chaplains reciting offensive religious prayers, using nasty words like \u201cGod,\u201d or wearing \u201ctraumatic\u201d religious symbols.<\/h4>\n<p>That\u2019s thanks to a new \u201cspiritual reflection\u201d directive by Brigadier General J.L.G. B\u00e9lisle that <em><strong>bans these apparently discriminatory practices.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chaplains will instead offer \u201cspiritual reflections\u201d that are \u201cinclusive of the religious and spiritual diversity of Canada,\u201d that \u201censure that attendees are reasonably able to identify with the words being uttered\u201d and that have been screened to ensure they \u201cemploy a language mindful of the Gender Based Analysis (GBA+) principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/news\/canada\/josh-dehaas-canadian-armed-forces-to-chaplains-praying-is-too-traumatic-for-soldiers\/ar-AA1jITTv?ocid=msedgntp&amp;cvid=8d9a2f1841174ad29a2708a64a1642bc&amp;ei=13\">https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-ca\/news\/canada\/josh-dehaas-canadian-armed-forces-to-chaplains-praying-is-too-traumatic-for-soldiers\/ar-AA1jITTv?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Remembrance Day, soldiers and veterans can rest assured that they will no longer be subjected to the indignity of hearing military chaplains reciting offensive religious prayers, using nasty words like \u201cGod,\u201d or wearing \u201ctraumatic\u201d religious symbols. That\u2019s thanks to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/?p=599716\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2948,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=599716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":599717,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599716\/revisions\/599717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=599716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=599716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goldtadise.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=599716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}