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The courthouse for the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces at Judiciary Square in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) A Marine was court-martialed for putting a tiny slip of paper with an encouraging Bible verse on her desk. In May 2013, Lance Cpl. Monifa Sterling put Isaiah 54:17 (“No weapon formed against you shall prosper”) on her desk at Camp Lejune, North Carolina . Her gay superior cursed at her and told her to take it down. When she didn’t, the superior took it and threw it away. Sterling was taken to military court and convicted in 2014 for refusing to obey orders. Her rank was reduced to Private and she was given a “bad conduct” discharge, which has since made it hard to find a job. The military considered her Bible verse “contrary to good order and discipline.” The Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces upheld Sterling’s conviction. The Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993 allows men and ...

Mike Pence, member of the United States Congress. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) All but one of the same-sex “ marriages ” performed in Indiana in a 72-hour gap where they were temporarily permitted in the state will be treated as invalid by the state per an order from Republican Governor Mike Pence . The “marriage” ceremonies took place in the interval between a lower court ruling declaring the state’s ban on gay nuptials unconstitutional, and a subsequent circuit court ruling ordering the ban reinstated pending appeal. Gov. Pence issued the order in a memorandum (PDF) on Monday, explaining that the upper court’s order means that at least for now, state law still defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman. As such, the state cannot offer marital benefits to same-sex couples. “I appreciate the confusion that has been created by different federal court decisions, but as governor I have to see to it that the state operates in a manner consistent with Indiana law,” Pence s...