Standard-Examiner

WASHINGTON — Twenty-two members of Congress are asking Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta to clarify the Pentagon’s decision to revoke permission for a religious publishing house to use U.S. military insignias on its Bibles.

The lawmakers cite "religious freedom" and the First Amendment right "to worship our creator without the obstruction of the government" in urging Panetta to clarify the decision to reverse a 2003 decision authorizing use of the official trademarked symbols of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

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