Chaplains Fail to Show Bias in Navy Promotions

Protestant chaplains alleging they were passed over for promotions or slated for early retirement failed to show in a lawsuit that the U.S. Navy unconstitutionally discriminated against them because of their faith.

The group didn’t demonstrate intentional bias, or show that discriminatory intent could be inferred from the effect of the Navy’s policies, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said in the latest chapter in the long-running litigation.

They alleged that at various times throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, several Navy policies governing the staffing and proceedings of chaplain selection boards favored Catholics and other liturgical ...