Honoring Our Fallen
Posted By Ardellis on May 21, 2006
Wicca may have made it into the Army Chaplains’ Handbook ages ago, but the VA is still dragging its feet in recognizing that Wiccans deserve to be honored with a symbol of their own.
Currently the National Cemetery Administration has 38 permitted religious symbols for headstones and plaques, but none for pagans or Wiccans.
How the hell can anyone — anyone — justify this disrespect for someone who has lost his or her life in this country’s military service? How can they rationalize putting families through this crap? It’s been EIGHT MONTHS since Roberta Stewart lost her husband, Patrick, in Afghanistan, and his memorial is still blank!
I’ve just used the VA’s contact form to complain about this. I hope everyone else will, too.
Via Non Fluffy Wicca.
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