How are military chaplains compatible with separation of church and state?

Doesn't it violate the 1st Amendment for the military to employ chaplains, since it represents an establishment of religion?How are military chaplains compatible with separation of church and state?Separation of Church and State is not a facet of the First Amendment. It merely prevents the State from adopting an official religion (like Great Britain's Church of England and Sweden's Evangelical Lutheran Church) while guaranteeing everyone the right to worship or not according to their own wishes. The phrase actually comes from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to some Protestant minister. That letter is not a State document and Jefferson had no role in either writing the Constitution or the Bill of Rights.

Within the various Chaplain Corps we have Catholic and Orthodox priests, Protestant ministers, Jewish Rabbis and Muslim Imams. Given that spread of religious persuasions, you would be hard put to show that the government has established a State religion. How are military chaplains compatible with separation of church and state?
Seperation of church and state is not mentioned in the constitution



and chaplins do not establish any one religionHow are military chaplains compatible with separation of church and state?That is a valid question.



The important point to observe is that the First Amendment states that the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression from government interference [1]. Interference meaning that the government should not, or shall not, make you worship or practice any religion (the shortened version).



With that said, military chaplains are assisting the military members worship or practice their religion freely. Now, if the military only had Catholic chaplains then there would be a possible first amendment violation by the duress of only being able to practice the Catholic faith. But chaplains represent a large variety of faiths [2], and you are free to worship any that you choose with their help. How are military chaplains compatible with separation of church and state?
The military is not political, at least it's not suppose to be. Therefore, no "State"How are military chaplains compatible with separation of church and state?Nope,



What religion is established ?



They have chaplins from all religions.