Religions > Atheism > Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol?
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18 Sep 2006 04:31:21 AM |
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Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol? |
Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12979620
You can vote at the above site
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Results as of 5:21 am Sept 18, 2006
Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol?
12283 responses
Yes, the government should allow families to place any religious
symbol on tombstones.
87%
No, the government should be dealing with more important issues
than approving religious symbols.
13%
Not a scientific survey. Click to learn more. Results may not total 100%
due to rounding.
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Looks like there are roughly 16,000 Strickland clones that voted
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You are invited to check out the following:
The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm
American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm
The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation of
Church and State in general, listed below]
HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/
[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]
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.. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning. Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why "a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v. Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
.. . .
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That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.
It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.
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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
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http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html
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| User: "Pagans for Democracy" |
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| Title: Re: Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol? |
20 Sep 2006 04:48:21 PM |
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<buckeye-elo@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:5rpsg2tjuu950s0qpiudek5mb33bnlv6p0@4ax.com...
Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12979620
They already did, recently.
Treat all religions fairly. This pagan man died to protect others, of all
faiths and creeds, unlike the so-called Christians of the 80s and 90s
who were squishy-soft on communism.
P P
PGPGP
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| User: "Draccus" |
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| Title: Re: Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol? |
20 Sep 2006 09:08:49 PM |
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Pagans for Democracy wrote:
<buckeye-elo@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:5rpsg2tjuu950s0qpiudek5mb33bnlv6p0@4ax.com...
Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12979620
They already did, recently.
Treat all religions fairly. This pagan man died to protect others, of all
faiths and creeds, unlike the so-called Christians of the 80s and 90s
who were squishy-soft on communism.
P P
PGPGP
P P
The State approved it, but the VA is still stonewalling on this issue
and will be for a long time to come I suspect at least till we get rid
of the currant bums. I recall when I was in the Marines I was the only
Pagan in my Platoon and Company and Base for that matter, back then I
had a Chaplain try and tell me I was not really a Pagan, but just doing
it for attention. I understand things are progressing a bit further
now, but we have a long way to go yet.
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| User: "Lord Calvert" |
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| Title: Re: Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol? |
20 Sep 2006 05:16:56 PM |
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Pagans for Democracy wrote:
<buckeye-elo@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:5rpsg2tjuu950s0qpiudek5mb33bnlv6p0@4ax.com...
Should the Veterans Affairs Department recognize the Wiccan symbol?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12979620
They already did, recently.
Actually, they weren't...which is what caused the conflict. The
Republican governor of Nevada and the GOP-dominated state government
decided to overrule the anti-American Christian-supremacist GOP-led
federal government and permit the pentacle on the fallen soldier's
grave, just as the religious affiliation of all other soldiers are.
Governor Guinn refused to let the feds emulate the religious ideologies
of our terrorist enemies and kept government out of it...allowing the
individual citizens to make the choice of their gravesite instead of
big-government. Guinn made a true conservative decision in opposition
of the totalitarian neo-conservatives who have forgotten what
conservatism means.
Treat all religions fairly. This pagan man died to protect others, of all
faiths and creeds, unlike the so-called Christians of the 80s and 90s
who were squishy-soft on communism.
80s and 90s? They're squishy soft on it today. That's why Bush has in
his cabinet a man who sold nuclear technology to North Korea. Bush is
the best friend Hanoi and Beijing ever had.
Rich Goranson
Amherst, NY, USA
aa#MCMXCIX, a-vet#1
EAC Department of Applied Rattan Usage
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