Why Madison was Right on Military Chaplains

Because of the intrinsic potential to use the post as taxpayer-funded proselytizing for one religious viewpoint, rather than supportive of the disparate religious views in our service corps.

[Madison] conceded the strength of arguments for military chaplains, especially for soldiers far from home, but he persisted with his general principle: "that it is safer to trust the consequences of a right principle than reasoning in support of a bad one" (quoted, p. 82 -- RELIGION AND THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1774-1789: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ORIGINAL INTENT by Derek H. Davis. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 309 pp.)

And we see this borne out in reality, again.
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