Veterans, Muslim and Jewish groups file support for Sikh recruits suing Marine Corps

(RNS) — Sikhs who serve in the Marine Corps can keep their beards and unshorn hair while on duty but are forbidden from doing so during combat deployment and in the course of boot camp.

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