Posted on 01/10/2015 4:10:56 PM PST by Steelfish
Muslim Sailor Sues For Right To Reenlist And Wear Beard
Jonathan Berts was denied permission to reenlist in the Navy after his request to wear a beard in conformance with his religion was denied, according to his lawsuit. (Navy Times) By TONY PERRY His beard and religious beliefs got him booted from Navy, Muslim sailor says in lawsuit A Muslim sailor has filed a federal lawsuit asserting that he was illegally denied the right to reenlist because he wears a beard in accordance with his religious beliefs.
The lawsuit, filed last month, seeks reenlistment rights for Jonathan Berts, 31, who served nine years on active duty but was denied reenlistment in 2012 after his request to wear a beard was rejected.
Berts, an African American and native of San Francisco, served on the dock landing ship Fort McHenry at Whidbey Island, Wash., and with a beachmaster unit in Coronado before being assigned as a military history and physical education instructor at the Navy training site at Great Lakes, Ill.
At Great Lakes, he was allegedly subjected to a “barrage of derogatory terms, anti-Islamic slurs, and inappropriate lines of questions about his religious beliefs and loyalty to the United States,” according to the lawsuit.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Double plus good!
Perhaps he should assigned work detail in the maintenance of revolving equipment on the base. Expanding his horizons, if you will.
I suspect Bergdahl served as a handy excuse to give many dollars and perhap smilitary equipment to Taliban.
In January 2014, the Pentagon relaxed its rules to allow waivers for short, well-groomed beards and head coverings for service members whose religious tenets dictate their wear.
The new instruction updated the rules to include religiously based grooming and body art under its definition of religious apparel, such as jewelry, which was previously allowed. Service members must apply for a waiver, to be updated with each change of duty station, but conservative, well-groomed beards are covered.
A spokesman for the chief of naval personnel told Navy Times he couldn’t comment on the specific case, but that the Navy makes all accommodations possible to allow sailors to practice their religions while maintaining unit cohesion and keeping the mission-first priority.
Marine Corps lawyers will give advice.
My thought too...and I thought maybe this volunteer with the beard wanted to do a ‘Bergdahl’ for his favorite terrorists.
he doesnt appear...altogether too bright does he.
Deep 6 for him and his false religion.
Reagan forbid them in 1984, Obama has started making exceptions, I would say that the Muslims will win the exceptions that Obama gave the Sikhs in 2009 and that this is pretty much a done deal.
Maybe the man who just allowed gays and gay marriage in the military, and has already granted exceptions, will toughen up and return to Reagan’s position, but I doubt it.
F’k Him!
I served on a Destroyer with this Muslim POS:
Hassan Abu-Jihaad (formerly Paul Hall), was a signalman aboard the USS Benfold. Little did anyone know at the time, he was also a homegrown radical who was secretly in touch with al Qaeda financiers, sharing classified details about the vulnerabilities and movements of the ships just six months after al Qaeda operatives had killed 17 Americans aboard the USS Cole in the port of Yemen.
He’s now in prison, but I sincerely wish we could hang his skinny neck from the yardarm.
Where can we purchase these anti-coexist bumper stickers?
Usually at Cafe Press but after the attacks, I don’t know.
Wow, I guess you can relate to some of those early stories of infiltration, like the 101st guy with the grenades, early in the Iraq(?) war.
They’ll probably reassign him to serve on ballistic missile nuclear submarine.
And probably give him some choice schools and a skate job on board.
I have less and less patience for this sort of bovine scatology (and I never had any to start with). Could I really be into negative tolerance?
I have less and less patience for this sort of bovine scatology (and I never had any to start with). Could I really be into negative tolerance?
Words fail me.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.