Service members ask Navy to rescind the “unlawful order” order banning off-base church attendance

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Service members ask Navy to rescind the “unlawful order” order banning off-base church attendance
July 2, 2020   
 

At least five service members have hired a lawyer to fight a Navy order that bars them from attending indoor worship services to prevent the spread of the coronavirus because they believe it violates their constitutional right of religious freedom.

First Liberty Institute, a Texas-based legal office focused on defending religious freedoms, sent letters beginning Monday to five commanders, asking them to grant the service members an accommodation and to encourage the Navy to rescind the “unlawful order.”

“The commander in chief has already declared churches are essential in America,” said Michael Berry, general counsel for First Liberty and the lawyer for the five service members. “It really strikes me that the Navy is either blatantly disregarding the president, the commander in chief, or they haven’t been paying attention and are completely tone deaf to what’s going on.”

https://popularmilitary.com/service-members-ask-navy-to-rescind-the-unlawful-order-order-banning-off-base-church-attendance/