"It's a pity that this comment had to come from a retired chaplain."
Jim, your comment reads as if they majority of christian chaplains don't agree and haven't said the same thing...they just aren't the head of a major alliance or endorcing agency so the opinion of a junior officer chaplain does not make headlines.
And for what it's worth, there aren't as many mainline pastors entering the chaplaincy... probably since the Vietnam era when it became frowned upon in liberal circles.