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Civilian support of chaplains would encourage greater numbers of clergy to serve the military and would foster greater diversity in available clerical help for servicemen, Katcoff said...
...think the law is in our favor," Katcoff said. "If we lose it will be for political reasons, because the chaplaincy has been around for so long...
...court has ever reached a decision on this issue, Katcoff said. U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan supported the constitutionality of the chaplaincy in a related decision, while Justice William O. Douglas is "on the record as saying the chaplaincy is unconstitutional he added...
...similar case was thrown out of court in the '20s on technical grounds, Katcoff said. "It never got to the Suprem Court," he added...
...Katcoff and Wieder plan to pursue the case as far into the court system as they can. "We don't intend to be stopped by monetary problems," Wieder said, adding the two would finance the suit themselves