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As you may have guessed from the example above, something happened in 2008 while Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine was Governor of Virginia having to do with police chaplains praying to Jesus and being out of a job. What news reportage from the time clearly shows, however, is that nobody got fired, and the governor had little, if anything, to do with what transpired. This is how the incident was reported by the Washington Post on 25 September 2008: According to the Post and other sources, Kaine did not initiate the directive (although he did support the superintendent's decision). And despite attempts by partisan media outlets to portray the troopers' leaving their voluntary chaplain posts as firings or forced resignations, all six resigned by choice to protest the new rule. While the executive staff and Col. Flaherty are highly respected and provide great leadership, one of the resigning chaplains, Trooper Rex Carter, told the Post, this is just a policy several of us could not agree with when it comes to the issue of individual prayer. Contemporaneous news coverage by the Virginian-Pilot confirmed that the resignations were voluntary: Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell directed the police superintendent to reinstate sectarian prayers after assuming office in 2010.
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