While Christians in the U.S military continue to face discrimination, the Army has made it easier for Sikh and Muslim personnel to wear beards, turbans or the hijab (Muslim head scarf) while in uniform. Outgoing Army Secretary Eric Fanning has revised the uniform policy to accommodate those seeking to dress according to religious law.
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty hailed the new policy, saying, “New regulations just issued by the Secretary of the Army provide that—except in rare circumstances—sincere followers of the Sikh faith may no longer be forced to abandon their religious turbans, unshorn hair, or beards to serve their country.” READ MORE
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This gives every Christian the right to wear a cross around there neck ! I thought about this as I read it a few months back. Christians should be aloud to wear a cross as part of the faith.
Proverbs 3:3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
OVER 200 YEARS are country had rules and regulations. This is giving in to the terrorist cult Islam. Tell your children we donot have any laws, do what ever you want. BAN ALL MUSLIMS FROM U.S. SOIL. bring law and order back to America.
What are they thinking…or maybe they are not….
When Canadian RCMP allowed turbans that was a shocker – but the head scarf and the beards. Unbelievable…