"The Wiccan families we represented were in no way asking for special treatment," the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of Americans United [for the Separation of Church and State], said at a news conference Monday. "They wanted precisely the same treatment that dozens of other religions already had received from the department, an acknowledgment that their spiritual beliefs were on par with those of everyone else."...
"I was just aghast that someone who would fight for their country and die for their country would not get the symbol he wanted on his gravestone," said John W. Whitehead, president of the Rutherford Institute, which litigates many First Amendment cases. "It's just overt religious discrimination."
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After dragging its feet for a decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs this week agreed to honor requests for pentacles on military headstones. Over the years, the department has officially approved 38 religious symbols, but Wiccans were denied this courtesy until they filed a lawsuit. The discrimination was so egregious that it made allies of two groups that are often at odds over Establishment Clause issues:
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You'd have to use, actually, invisible pink granite. But as Galicia is one of the main world producers of pink granite, by all means, please use pink granite
Dr. M, please, stick to IPU... i wouldn't like any scientific discovery to become the symbol of a belief (I'd say that lack of belief is more like agnosticism than atheism).
Dr. M, please, stick to IPU... i wouldn't like any scientific discovery to become the symbol of a belief (I'd say that lack of belief is more like agnosticism than atheism).
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Actually, the Atheist headstone for the military shows a model of an atom with all of the electron paths and has an "A" in the middle. Or you could go with organized atheism and get the Humanist symbol.
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These are pictures of all available emblems of belief for placement on government headstones and markers.
I think it's funny how on their list, some they have to explain what the picture is. Sure, explaining that the Mormon one is the angel Moroni makes sence, but you would think that people would be able to figure out from looking at (for example) the Muslim picture that it is a crescent and star.
I think it's funny how on their list, some they have to explain what the picture is. Sure, explaining that the Mormon one is the angel Moroni makes sence, but you would think that people would be able to figure out from looking at (for example) the Muslim picture that it is a crescent and star.
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Interesting how many obscure, small organisations they've chosen to accomodate over the years, but it took over a decade for them to acknowledge Wicca. I mean, Seicho-No-Ie? Church of World Messianity? WTF is Eckankar? And to acknowledge something like "humanism" and the crazy atheist atomic symbol but still resist Wicca? It just doesn't make much sense.
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Well, Slim, that reminds me of heraldic.
When you are given the coat of arms of your family, you are given a brief description.
In any case, it looks normal to give description of every symbol, even if only some of them would actually need it.
For example, i wouldn't think that the LSD symbol was the angel Moroni, i was thinking it reminded me more of the angel with the trumpets, in the Apocalypse.
When you are given the coat of arms of your family, you are given a brief description.
In any case, it looks normal to give description of every symbol, even if only some of them would actually need it.
For example, i wouldn't think that the LSD symbol was the angel Moroni, i was thinking it reminded me more of the angel with the trumpets, in the Apocalypse.
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