Mich. VA hospital provides access for chaplain seeking to pray, read Bible with fellow vets

ALLIANCE DEFENSE FUND NEWS RELEASE
September 9, 2009 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Mich. VA hospital provides access for chaplain
seeking to pray, read Bible with fellow vets

ADF, hospital work together to remove barriers
preventing chaplain from visiting patients

IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich. — After receiving two letters from Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, hospital officials at Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center have agreed to allow the chaplain of two veterans’ organizations access to patients.  Previously, hospital officials denied Martin Colburn, a Christian chaplain, from visiting patients who asked to meet with him.

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