I admire the woman for her faith. But she posted the verse on her desk. That was her work station. Her commander had every right to order it to be removed.
As long as her commander enforced workplace rules uniformly, I really don’t see any civil rights violation here.
No, I don’t either. Although the verse is harmless and actually in line with the attitude that surrounded me as a young Marine in the early 70s, the order to remove it from her duty station is not out of line. It was a legal order as far as I can see.
How the commander may have handled the situation is questionable and should lead to charges against him/her as well.
First, there is MUCH more to this story than just the Bible verse.
But, to your point, other Marines had Christian decorations on their desks, but this Marine was PROHIBITED, by the presiding judge, from mentioning that other people had Christian displays on their workstations.
So, I think from that angle, she may have an argument.