Being Rood
Last July I wrote about this battle of symbols and the limited number of VA approved symbols for grave markers.
CNN is now reporting: Soldiers’ widows sue for pagan symbols on headstones. Actually they are suing over using the Wiccan five-pointed star in a circle symbol, I wouldn’t get into characterizing it beyond that point.
No one complained when the US Army Air Corp used a five-pointed star in a circle on US aircraft during World War II. Five-pointed stars are quite popular on the flag. You can display the atom-A of atheists and the stylized H for humanists, so why is there a problem with allowing the Wiccans to use their symbol?
The VA has been stalling, probably hoping the widows would give up, but they have just been forced to go to court. Wicca is a religion recognized by the military. Wiccans hold meetings on military bases, and Wicca appears on dog tags. This is just more Christianist pettifoggery, forcing people to jump through more hoops because they won’t do what a small group of spiteful people want.
