VA chaplains in Mass. told no public prayers mentioning nurses, Alex Pretti

[stepheneb@ruby.social]

VA chaplains in Mass. told no public prayers mentioning nurses, Alex Pretti

"Chaplains of all faiths at Veterans Affairs facilities Massachusetts were told this week not to mention VA nurses at all, let alone the name Alex Pretti, at worship or gatherings.

Clergy also were told not to offer counseling or support to Veterans Affairs nurses, all according to emails obtained by The Republican.”

https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2026/01/va-chaplains-in-mass-told-no-public-prayers-mentioning-nurses-alex-pretti.html

Archive link: https://archive.ph/7W0Q1

#uspol #ice

[riaresists@mastodon.social]

@stepheneb My how constitutional and not hypocritical at all 🙄

[huntingdon@mstdn.social]

@stepheneb

VA tells staff clergy - a very busy group at VA facilities, owing to the age, sickness, and wounds of their patients - not to mention Alex Pretti or any VA nurse, and not to provide them pastoral care and counseling?

Trump's fear is contagious. Divide, conquer, instill fear, punish out of all proportion to crimes or infractions. These tactics are as old as empire.

[shaltiar@c.im]

@stepheneb

https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1qsxwrb/candle_light_vigilis_your_va_doing_anything_today/

[mazz@mastodon.well.com]

@stepheneb The government telling you who you can and can’t pray for seems like a peak First Amendment violation. Like, crossing a line that’s as bright as 10,000 suns.

[colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network]

@stepheneb Ha, I would be like fuck that noise.

[pattykimura@beige.party]

@stepheneb Not surprised someone leaked this is out of the VA in Leeds Mass, a village of the uber Blue progressive city of Northampton MA.

[processparsnip@mastodon.ie]

@stepheneb ah yes, the party of family values and Jesus.
The fucking dirtbags.

Trump knows he has a lot to fear from military veterans, and somehow thinks he still has a chance to hush this up.

[stepheneb@ruby.social]

I suspect this is anticipatory obedience by soulless regional bureaucrats.

[susibryant@mastodon.social]

@stepheneb
The bureaucrats and the chaplains may have a very different understanding of who the chaplains’ true boss is.