WATERLOGGED….Remember the army chaplain who was offering baths to dusty American soldiers in his 500-gallon pool if they agreed to be baptized? Eugene Volokh reprints a letter today indicating that if the facts of the story are correct, Llano’s church condemns his actions.

Good for them. I hope they look into the facts of the matter and take the proper disciplinary action if it’s warranted. And I still want to know what the army thinks of all this.

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