Marine Corps censoring Christian message on complaint of anti-faith group
The Marine Corps' censorship of a private company's decorative "dog tags" with Bible verses is unconstitutional, warns a legal group threatening a lawsuit.
First Liberty Institute issued the warning in a letter to the Marines' trademark licensing office after it demanded that the company Shields of Strength stop creating the tags for which it is licensed.
"Your directive that SoS remove all Biblical references from its Marine Corps-licensed products is unconstitutional and violates [the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act law], said the letter to Jessica O'Haver, the director of the Marines' trademark office.
"Likewise, your directive on June 26, 2017, that purported to prohibit 'controversial passages that may offend some' is unconstitutional," First Liberty said....