Meet Monifa Sterling
Lance Corporal (LCpl) Monifa Sterling is a Marine who was stationed at Camp Lejune in North Carolina. As a devout Christian, one of LCpl Sterling’s favorite Bible verses is “No weapon formed against you shall prosper” (Isaiah 54:17). In May 2013, she printed a personalized version of the scripture and taped it up in three places in her workspace – most prominently along the top of her computer monitor.

“I Don’t Like the Tone”
When Sterling’s supervisor, who also happened to be Sterling’s former drill instructor, saw the verse, she ordered Sterling to remove it. Sterling noted that other service members had personal items in their work-spaces and asked why she couldn’t post the Bible verse. The supervisor said, “I don’t like the tone.” Sterling said she believed it was her First Amendment right to post Bible verses and declined to take them down. The next morning, Sterling found that the verses had been torn down and thrown in the trash. Rather than complaining, she simply reprinted the verses and put them back up. The next morning, she found the verses in the trash again. Soon after, Ms. Sterling was court-martialed.

Source: https://www.libertyinstitute.org