Military Widows Sue to Get Wiccan Symbol on Headstones

Foxnews.com ^ | Monday, November 13, 2006 | Associated Press

[Dead Corpse]

They died protecting this country. Give it to them. Mickey Mouse ears or a Jedi symbol... I don't care. They earned it.

[CT-Freeper]

Hey...sounds like a few girls I knew.

[corlorde]

I want a beautiful woman on my stone when I'm gone.

God bless 'em.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Since it's something made up within the last 50 years...

The article says they recognize Eckankar, and that started in 1965. Not sure what it allows fat chicks to dress like, though.

[ASA Vet]

Buried? What about the flaming boat?

[tioga]

Sadly, I have to agree. They paid the ultimate price, give them their tombstone.

[Terabitten]

Wicca is recognized as a religion by the US Army, found in DA Pamphlet 165-13-1. There's no reason that the Army should deny his widow's request.

[MPJackal]

"I once was in big time lust with a Wiccan white witch. She was great in the sack."

Well that is a convincing argument for it as a religion.

"Also she was clairvoyant as all get out,knew what i was
thinking half the time."

Hell, I can do that...................Ummmmmm.............You want a beer and you want to see something naked. Wait..............Oh, right............not necessarily in that order.

[Androcles]

Well said. Personally I have no time for Wicca, but whether its a religion or a foolish cult fad, if the dead gave their lives for their country while believing in it, then their wishes should be respected.

[taxed2death]

"Why? A Wiccan who volunteers to serve this country and makes the ultimate sacrifice is no less of a hero than any Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist or atheist who does the same. Why shouldn't a Wiccan symbol appear on the headstone if that is the wishes of that person's family?"

Shhhhhhhhhhh...
we can't interject logic into this thread.

[taxed2death]

"Those who made the ultimate sacrifice should have ANY symbol their widows want. "

Agreed.

[Constitution Day]

Personally I find the Wicca business a little ridiculous, but that's between its practitioners and God.

[Finalapproach29er]

I've know plenty of good and moral Wiccans
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Really? I guess I don't get around much. Whew.

[Patriotic1]

But a belief system nonetheless. The images should be allowed.

[Patriotic1]

Freaky as hell,I hung in there for about six months cause the s*x was so good.

What a wonderful post on a conservative board. Feel a need to share any other important thoughts?

[tioga]

I was standing at the counter of a bookstore one day, when a woman came in behind me and said they had called her about her witchcraft book that had come in.....she said it so loud, I turned around to look at her and had to turn back because I wanted to burst out laughing. Rolly-polly late middle-aged woman in comfortable shoes wearing the biggest smirk you could ever want to see. I rolled my eyes at the clerk and laughed. The woman was a stereotypical hoot! I could just see her dressed like a traditional witch flying across the full moon on a broom stick.

[50sDad]

Point up or point down? It makes a difference.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

It does indeed...

[Dead Corpse]

What about the flaming boat?

Local fire ordinances. Couldn't get a burn permit.

[Knitting A Conundrum]

You cannot have freedom of religion for some. It's an either/or situation.

You might not approve of said religion, you might work hard to reach out and convert its members, but under the constitution, they have a right to be here ever bit as much as your faith does.

And since we allow other groups to have symbols of their faith, we need to make room for this, too, or have none, no matter how distasteful it is.