Topic: Paganism going mainstream
Ruth34611
Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 12273 |
Edited by Ruth34611 on Mon 11/02/09 09:01 AM
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Ladylid2012
Joined Sun 07/05/09 Posts: 15916 |
Well...it has been a round for such a very long time, and so misunderstood by so many. It is well over due to be accepted...
Quite frankly, I'm tired of my neighbors running in the house and pulling the curtains when I start a fire in my backyard, I have invited them to join me, I have had not takers on the offer. 
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Abracadabra
Joined Thu 04/12/07 Posts: 12544 |
QUOTE: A quote from that web site:
Nothing did more to secure Paganism’s place in the religious mainstream, though, than a highly serious, indeed somber, court battle. Brought by Americans United for Separation of Church and State on behalf of Circle Sanctuary and several widows, the decade-long litigation sought permission from the federal Department of Veterans Affairs to have the gravestones of deceased Wiccan soldiers marked with the symbol of the pentacle. When I read this, all I could think of is how horrible and arrogant it is of a country to accept soldiers into the armed forces to fight and die to protect their country, and then refuse to allow their loved ones to place symbols of that soldier's beliefs on his or her grave. That was horribly wrong from the get-go.
Edited by Abracadabra on Mon 11/02/09 04:54 PM
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Ruth34611
Joined Sat 08/02/08 Posts: 12273 |
QUOTE: When I read this, all I could think of is how horrible and arrogant it is of a country to accept soldiers into the armed forces to fight and die to protect their country, and then refuse to allow their loved ones to place symbols of that soldier's beliefs on his or her grave. That was horribly wrong from the get-go. I agree. I just can't even imagine the heartache this caused the families. |