Religious Freedom Within This American Institution is at Stake

Charisma News:

On Wednesday, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces—the highest military court in America—will hear oral arguments in a case that will determine if religious freedoms exist for members of the military.

At the heart of the case is U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Monifa Sterling, who was court-martialed for refusing to take down a Bible verse she had posted in her workplace at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. She also re-posted the verses after her supervisor threw them in the trash.

As a devout Christian, one of Sterling's favorite Bible verses is "No weapon formed against you shall prosper" (Isaiah 54:17). In May 2013, she printed a personalized version of the Scripture and taped it up in three places in her workspace—most prominently along the top of her computer monitor.

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