President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission, led by Lt. Governor Dan Patrick, held its latest hearing in Dallas on Wednesday.
Members of the commission discussed concerns over religious liberty in the military.
Some retired and current members of the armed forces testified that during the Obama administration, military chaplains were de-emphasized. Other veterans testified that during the Biden administration, they could not receive religious exemptions for declining the COVID vaccine, and as a result, they lost some of their benefits.
Retired and active armed services members and representatives of the Sikh, Hindu, Jewish and Catholic faiths said the military was not making the necessary accommodations for them under the law.
The commission is an extension of the U.S. Department of

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