# Panetta and the DoD banning God from military funerals

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panetta-and-the-dod-banning-god-from-military-funerals/588809>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 12, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panetta-and-the-dod-banning-god-from-military-funerals/588809 "2011-07-12T23:35:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panetta-and-the-dod-banning-god-from-military-funerals/588809/61 "2011-09-24T18:10:48Z")

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Is that your opinion? Because it seems to be at odds with the settlement and with prevailing law as expressed in the _Marsh v. Chambers_ case.

After all, if public funding of chaplains is permissible, surely public funding of chapels must be as well.

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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/panetta-and-the-dod-banning-god-from-military-funerals/588809/62 "2011-09-24T19:44:50Z")

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Yes that’s my opinion. Did I imply otherwise?

Regardless of whether I agree with the chaplain reasoning, I should think that the issue of hiring chaplains is significantly different from the naming of a room that is available for use by persons of any religion or no religion.

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