“Monifa’s attitude problems”
Monifa is not the problem. So-called conservatives who don’t have sense enough to defend basic Constitutional freedoms is the problem.
When the reset button is hit, whatever nation rises from the ashes should be run by people who DO understand this.
So men and women in the military only have to obey orders if they are in a combat zone? Who knew? I guess if you are black female, military orders and disciple don't apply?
And what centuries of hallowed tradition was she following by putting up not 1 copy, not 2 copies but 3 copies of the exact same quote - "No weapon formed against me shall prosper" -- in 28-point type on her computer's tower, her monitor and her desk, a computer and desk she shared with others. Did her or could her fellow Maries with whom she shared this workspace also tape 3 copies of a saying (Biblical or other) on the same computer?
And she wasn't even quoting it correctly: "No weapon that is formed against thee (or you) shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord."
Sterling told military officials that the posted passage helped her summon patience when dealing with short-tempered Marines who were frustrated with their CAC problems.
One could see it as her posting the "No weapon formed against me shall prosper" quote as an admonishment not to give her any sort of guff or complain too much which might be why "A military judge determined that the quotations, "could be interpreted as combative ... [and] could easily be seen as contrary to good order and discipline," court records show." Not because they were religious, even if that was the reason that her CO objected, but because it was seen as being antagonistic toward those she was there to help.
Monifa is not the problem. So-called conservatives who don't have sense enough to defend basic Constitutional freedoms is the problem.
"At the time, a military court subsequently noted, Sterling was "locked in an antagonistic relationship with her superiors" that extended beyond the dispute with over the biblical phrases, and she faced several charges of disobeying orders."
Monifa refused to wear as ordered by a different officer, a class C uniform claiming a medical exemption for a hip injury (a medical chit) that had a handwritten note on that said wearing a class C uniform could be "difficult" but was not explicitly excused from wearing one; she then refused to report to gate duty when ordered claiming "stress reaction" and that she believed her medical chit which recommended "light duty" exempted her from standing; another time she refused another order to report for gate duty, this time by a Major, citing that a migraine medication she was on would cause dizziness and drowsiness but then admitted during her court martial that while she usually took the medication as prescribed, at night before going to bed, on the day she refused to obey that order to report to gate duty, she'd taken the medication in the morning so as that a migraine wouldn't interfere with her attending church services earlier that day.
Read the transcript of her 1st appeal here and get back to me on Monifa and how her "Constitutional Right" not to follow orders were trampled on and whether she deserved to get booted out of the Marines.
https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2784127/united-states-v-sterling/