MARINE COURT MARTIALED FOR BIBLE VERSE
Religious liberty firm takes up her appeal
CHERYL CHUMLEY
WND.com
May 27, 2015
A Marine who was court martialed for refusing to take down a biblical verse from her workplace computer is appealing, and Liberty Institute attorney Michael Berry says she has a good chance of reversing the conviction.
“If the government can order a Marine not to display a Bible verse, they could try and order her not to get a religious tattoo or go to church on Sunday,” Berry said, the Daily Mail reported. “Restricting a Marine’s free exercise of religion is blatantly unconstitutional.”
Lance Corporal Monifa Sterling was convicted months ago at a court martial hearing for refusing a superior’s order to remove a Bible verse from her computer. At the time, she was serving at Camp Lejuene in North Carolina.
The verse, a bit altered from the Bible phrase, read: “No weapons formed against me shall prosper,” Fox News reported.
Ultimately, Sterling was reduced in rank to private and dishonorably discharged from the Marines.
Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement has joined Liberty Institute’s Berry in fighting for Sterling, under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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