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Three Sikh recruits, working to join the US Marine Corps, fought for an emergency appeal in the District of Columbia's federal court to get an immediate exemption to the Corps' boot camp rule of cutting their hair and shaving their beards.
Three Sikh recruit cited their religious beliefs in hopes of being able to attend Marine Corps Basic Training without having to shave their beards.
For now, a court decision means three Sikh men will have to cut their hair, shave their beards and disavow other tenets of their faith, if they want to enter Marine boot camp.
Three Sikh men suing the US military on religious freedom grounds are seeking a ruling allowing them to attend Marine Corps boot camp without having to shave their beards or meet other grooming standards.