As reported here, Rear Admiral Lawrence Rice, the immediate superior of Captain Owen Honors at the time that Honors made and aired his lewd videos on board the U.S.S. Enterprise, is now the subject of a further investigation by the Navy into the videos.
And, what has Rear Admiral Rice been up to lately? Well, he was a speaker at Shirley Dobson's big National Day of Prayer Task Force event on Capitol Hill last year, appearing in uniform, in violation of a number of military regulations.
In fact, this devout Christian officer appears to be pretty tight with the Dobsons, even flying them out to the Enterprise when he was the ship's commander. Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, in his introduction of Rear Admiral Rice at the National Day of Prayer Task Force event, even recounted the story of how he first met Rice in 2007, when Rice flew him, his wife Shirley, and eight of their guests in a military jet to land on the Enterprise, a trip presumably taken at taxpayer expense.
Such a good Christian officer like Rear Admiral Rice couldn't possibly have known about and allowed Captain Honors to show his raunchy, demeaning videos on board a ship under his command, could he?
Here's the video from the National Day of Prayer. James Dobson's introduction of Rear Admiral Rice begins at 4:13, and Rice's speech begins at 6:00.
This prohibitory rule may be waived by the service, according to the General Uniform Regulations. Maybe this is what happened in this case.
And what is the point being made here? That Christians make mistakes? That they, like everyone else, are not morally perfect?
If this is the point, then here lies further proof that the Christian worldview matches with reality. In other words, the Christian viewpoint has been given extra support to its validity.
They're distasteful?