Legal Opinion
In Re: Navy Chaplaincy
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 4, 2014No. Misc. No. 2007-0269PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Gladys Kessler, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs, 65 current and former nonliturgical Protestant chaplains in the United States Navy, their endorsing agencies, and a fellowship of non-denominational Christian evangelical churches (“Plaintiffs”), bring this consolidated action against the Department of the Navy and several of its officials (“Defendants”). Plaintiffs allege that Defendants discriminated against non-liturgical Protestant chaplains on the basis of religion, maintained a culture of denominational favoritism in the Navy, and infringed on their free exercise…
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