A lieutenant colonel spent nearly 20 years in the Marine Corps Air Wing defending freedom, only to have his own freedom unjustly denied. Today you’ll hear from one of the service members we are representing in our massive class action lawsuit against Joe Biden. —Mat

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Hunter* has spent nearly 20 years in the United States Marine Corps. He worked his way through officer training and then entered flight school to become a pilot. His skill and dedication over the years earned him a spot as one of the Corps’ top aviators.

After multiple combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, Hunter’s skills became so well-honed and valued that he trained military pilots in aeronautic weapons and tactics.

When Joe Biden dropped his decree that all military personnel must take the COVID shots, Hunter submitted a religious exemption request based on his “non-negotiable” Christian beliefs.

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Two days later, despite his many years of service and multiple thousands of hours of irreplaceable experience, Hunter’s commanding general grounded the pilot and removed him from instructor duty. The general issued an order stating that aircraft under his command would only be operated by “fully vaccinated” air crew, and he denied all exemption requests.

During the past 18 months, Hunter flew all his regular missions, training pilots and transporting crew members. There was no appreciable acceleration in local infection metrics in the preceding days to explain the general’s order.

Many unvaccinated aviators outside of his chain of command continue to fly today. Hunter believes the commanding general’s order, issued just two days after his religious exemption request, was specifically targeting Christian pilots.

No matter what, Hunter will not violate his deeply held religious convictions.

It has been more than two months since Hunter was grounded. As a pilot and an instructor, his skills are “perishable,” meaning they must be constantly practiced and honed. All pilots must log regular flight hours to maintain the skills necessary to keep everyone safe.

What is shocking about Hunter’s situation is that under Biden’s directive, the military continues to deny individuals their legal right to refuse an unlicensed drug, even while the administration is being sued for its discriminatory treatment of Christians and other religious adherents.

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When his religious exemption was denied, Hunter applied for early retirement. That was denied as well.

Hunter has been told to expect “involuntary separation” from the military in the very near future. That’s an encoded way of saying he faces discharge without honor—or a dishonorable discharge—a black mark on the career of any service member. It’s also a death knell in civilian aviation for pilots like Hunter.

Without current flight hours and an honorable discharge, Hunter says he will be nearly unemployable in the civilian world. But Hunter will not defy God’s authority over his life. He will not take the shots developed and/or tested using aborted fetal cell lines.

“My wife and I remain faithful that the Lord takes care of his people,” Hunter says, but the stress factors are taking a toll on his household.

After nearly 20 years of faithful and heroic service, this decorated war fighter is being treated like trash and stands to lose everything, including future civilian employment. Such treatment is, frankly, obscene.

That’s why Liberty Counsel has filed a class action lawsuit against Biden and his Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. We represent service members like Hunter, as well as federal employees and civilian contractors whose religious freedom has been robbed by the Biden administration.

TODAY, we file our reply to the Biden defense team—along with many more affidavits we obtained. The Court has ordered Biden’s DOD to explain its unlawful rejection of exemptions as well as its actions against service members like Hunter.

The government’s response is due FRIDAY. Our attorneys will be working all weekend to review the information and prepare for a major hearing on MONDAY. Please be in prayer for our team. A win in this case could free all of America from these unlawful mandates.

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Meanwhile, Liberty Counsel is filing a petition at the U.S. Supreme Court on our case against ME Gov. Janet Mills’ statewide shot mandates and continued mistreatment of the religious faithful in her state.

And our class action lawsuit filed in Illinois is set for a critical hearing next TUESDAY. We continue to advise 35,000+ employees covering every cargo and passenger airline, rail lines and the trucking sector of transportation.

Despite training 90 Affiliate Attorneys, we are still overwhelmed with daily pleas for help from people desperate to save their lives and livelihoods from these dangerous and unlawful COVID shot mandates.

The stories of abuse, harassment and fear for the future we hear each day are absolutely heartbreaking. I never imagined there could be so much abuse of exemplary workers who also take their faith seriously.

But each tearful call also builds our resolve to fight these evil mandates ruining the lives of millions.

We need your help more than ever. Please, even if you’ve supported this crucial cause before, give generously today.

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“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good” (Rom. 12:21).

Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

*Name changed for privacy.

Sources:

“Health Care Employees Sue NorthShore University HealthSystem.” 2021. Lc.org. Accessed October 26, 2021. lc.org/newsroom/details/102521-health-care-employees-sue-northshore-university-healthsystem.

“Liberty Counsel Advising US Freedom Flyers.” 2021. Lc.org. Accessed October 25, 2021. lc.org/newsroom/details/102521-liberty-counsel-advising-us-freedom-flyers.

“COVID Vaccine Landing.” n.d. OpenVAERS. https://openvaers.com/covid-data.

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