US court orders Marines to let Sikh recruits maintain beards and wear turbans, rejecting the elite unit's contention that permitting religious exemptions would reduce cohesion
Sikh Coalition advocacy group hails ruling by Court of Appeals, saying it meant that"faithful Sikhs who are called to serve our country can now also do so in the US Marine Corps."
The US Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard — along with many foreign militaries — all already accommodate the religious requirements of Sikhism, the faith born five centuries ago in South Asia that forbids men from cutting hair or trimming beards and requires turbans. A three-judge bench of the US Court of Appeals in Washington disagreed, saying the Marines did not present any argument that beards and turbans would affect safety or physically impede training.
While military practices can evolve, any claim of "inflexible necessity" cannot "completely ignore past practice," the decision said.
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