Monifa Sterling Case: Court Must Protect, Not Punish, Religious Freedom in the Armed Forces

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Jay Sekulow

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April 29, 2016

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Religious Liberty

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It began in 2013 when Marine Lance Cpl. Monifa Sterling – a devout Christian – wanted to express her religious beliefs in the workplace where she was stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

She quickly ran into trouble when she refused to obey an order from a superior to remove three signs at her work station bearing the words “No weapon formed against me shall prosper” – a modified quotation from Isaiah in the Bible.

As we reported nearly a year ago, Sterling’s superior officer saw the scripture verses, “did not like their tone,” and told Sterling to “remove that,” referring to the Bible verse as a profanity that we will not repeat. When Sterling refused, her superior officer removed the verses and threw them in the trash. . .

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