[Tulsa Ramjet]

The Late Sailor Smuckatelly's Will: "I am a member of the SheepLove club. Please ensure a cloven hoof print is placed on my headstone in Arlington."

[RexBeach]

OMG. This is preposterous and disgusting.

Say, are there any druids in the military?

[Paloma_55]

Separation of Church and State!!!
Separation of Church and State!!!
Separation of Church and State!!!

..err..wha??? Oh this is a Wiccan!?!?

In that case... NEVER MIND!

[Niteranger68]

Can't they just cast a spell on the headstone that will make the symbol they want magically appear?

[My2Cents]

The symbol of the "Wiccan faith" should be a representation of the fires of hell.

[TheKidster]

If it was a real religion i'm sure the military would consider the request. Since it's something made up within the last 50 years and is just an excuse for fat goth chicks to keep dressing like Hansel and Gretel met Elvira I don't see thier request being accomodated.

[Constitution Day]

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

Period.

[Red Badger]

What do athiests get on theirs? a hole?..........

[mkjessup]

If the deceased was a believer in a particular faith, they are entitled to have a symbol of that faith on their headstone, whether or not we agree with the tenets of that faith.

End of story.

[MisterRepublican]

I think these folks have a valid point. If they allow other religious symbols, they should allow the wiccan's too.

[Dixie Yooper]

The Military already allows the Satanic symbol of Islam, why not allow the wiccin symbol?

[napscoordinator]

I can't believe this is still going on. The way that they have the gravestones they are all tasteful. I don't see why they can't do this. Even as a Catholic, I would approve of this. lol.

[siznartuf]

Apparently a VERY positive symble at one time.
>http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/pentagram.html<

An exerpt:

"The first English mention of a pentagram appears In the legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Stanzas 27-28 (1380 c.) where Gawain, traditionally the Celtic sun-hero, carries a shield "...shining gules, With the Pentangle in pure gold depicted thereon."
It is a symbol which Solomon conceived once
To betoken holy truth, by its intrinsic right,
For it is a figure which has five points,
And each line overlaps and is locked with another;
And it is endless everywhere, and the English call it,
In all the land, I hear, the Endless Knot."

[KingKenrod]

Here are the available symbols:

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/funeral_information/authorized_emblems.html

[headsonpikes]

Randians might want a dollar sign - $

[50sDad]

Point up or point down? It makes a difference.

[azhenfud]

"No graphics (logos, symbols, etc.) are permitted on Government-furnished headstones or markers other than the approved emblems of belief, the Civil War Union Shield, the Civil War Confederate Southern Cross of Honor, and the Medal of Honor insignias."

If their's is a recognized "faith", it ought to be offered as an option for the marker inscription.

[MayflowerMadam]

I don't care. It's American and we have freedom of religion. If that's what floats their boat, then have at it. Let 'em do what they want to; they'll be the ones who'll have to 'splain to God some day. (As long as they aren't telling ME how I can/can't observe my religion.)

[WackySam]

A real Conservative should have no problem with this.

[art_rocks]

Nice way to talk about a soldier who gave his life for his country just because he doesn't have the same belief that you do.

[RightWhale]

smaller religions such as Sufism

What a joke! If the state were a natural person it would be locked up in a rubber room.