so, there’s this guy. i heard he was a pretty cool guy, although i never met him. my husband served with him in the national guard and he’s the cousin of another friend of ours.
the thing about this guy is that he took the same oath my husband and his cousin and a lot of other guys took. to uphold the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. except he got called on it and he served proudly. and for his effort, he lost his life.
now, his widow cannot have his plaque placed at the spot in their town that honors fallen veterans because he is pagan. she wants him to have a pentacle on his headstone and the va will not allow it because as of yet, it isn’t an approved symbol. in my mind, that just sucks. it sucks because this man died for his country, defending my freedom and the freedom of every other citizen of this country, but one of his most sacred freedom’s, the right to practice his own religion, guaranteed to him by the constitution of the united states that he swore and gave his life to defend, will not now honor his wishes.
the good news is that his widow is doing a smashing job of championing this cause and she has remained calm and respectful while making it perfectly clear that this is not only unacceptable, but downright wrong.
here are some references for your viewing pleasure:
Yesterday, she met with Senator Harry Reid, from Nevada, who has been supportive. Here is a picture of her giving him a flyer with all the facts and some other stuff:
here’s a link to where she recently appeared on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5334805
and here is an article about the situation in the Army Times:
http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-1584012.php
this is just wrong. go write a letter or something =)
No comments:
Post a Comment