Hey, Veterans' Administration, let me give you some free advice. You got to know when to fold 'em. When you lose The Virginian-Pilot, you've lost.
The PIlot says, Wicca is a fast-growing religion, recognized by the IRS and the Pentagon, but in the nine years its pentacle has been under review by the VA, symbols for 11 other faiths have been approved, The Post reported.
“I really have no idea why it has taken so long,” a VA spokeswoman told The Post.
Neither do we. Perhaps it’s because some folks wrongly confuse Wicca with Satanism. In any case, the government has no business deciding which symbols it will allow and which it won’t, especially at a time when we’re fighting a war that much of the world sees as religious.
Approving the Wiccan pentacle immediately will show Americans of all religions, not to mention the world, that the VA isn’t in the business of playing favorites with faiths.
Really, guys. It's time to quietly approve the Pentacle for the memorial markers of Wiccan service men and women, declare that's what you were planning to do all along, and hope that people will turn their attention elsewhere.
Trust me.
2 comments:
IIRC, Satanism uses an inverted pentacle, doesn't it? Or is it some other symbol?
In any case, I see no need for the Pentagon to drag its feet if a) other European armies are "what the hey" about this religion thing b) they're suffering a recruitment crisis that isn't going to be solved by shutting out selected groups.
Satanism's symbol ought to be welcome too. This country shouldn't discriminate against any kind of worship.
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