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VA rescinds punishment for chaplain, affirms sermons can be explicitly Christian

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has confirmed that chaplains can preach sermons with obviously Christian content at affiliated medical facilities and has rescinded a letter of reprimand after a chaplain was punished last year.

In a letter written in late February but recently made public, VA Secretary Doug Collins said "there is no national or local policy or standard operating procedure which inhibits Chaplain sermons."

"To the extent that there have been any proposed changes to any existing policy, those proposals will not move forward and have been rescinded," wrote Collins.

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