Tagged Media - First Liberty

Navy Chaplain’s Religious Freedom Battle Ends with Honorable Discharge and a Medal

Chaplain Wes Modder receives commendation medal from the Navy at his official retirement ceremony aboard the USS Midway

September 29, 2016 • Press Releases

San Diego – On September 6, Chaplain Wes Modder received his honorable discharge and a medal of commendation from the Navy. For the past two years, Modder, a decorated Navy chaplain and former Marine, was at the center of a religious freedom firestorm that caught the attention of national political […]

Navy official bans chaplain from ministering to bereaved families and sailors

GOOSE CREEK, SC, March 24, 2015

March 24, 2015 • Press Releases

Liberty Institute Protests Navy’s “Restraining Order” Against Decorated Navy Chaplain,
Barring Him from Ministering to Sailors.

Military, political, and religious leaders rally in support of Chaplain Modder

GOOSE CREEK, SC, March 12, 2015

March 12, 2015 • Press Releases

Cruz, Santorum, Boykin, Graham, and More Declare Strong Support of Liberty Institute Client,
Chaplain Wes Modder

Navy threatens to end 19-year career of decorated chaplain who served Navy Seal teams

GOOSE CREEK, SC, March 9, 2015

March 9, 2015 • Press Releases

NAVY THREATENS TO END 19-YEAR CAREER OF DECORATED CHAPLAIN WHO SERVED NAVY SEAL TEAMS Today, Liberty Institute responds to the Navy’s threatened punishment of Chaplain Wes Modder, a decorated Navy chaplain and former Marine. Modder has been called “the best of the best” and a “national asset” with “charismatic leadership and […]