Wiccan memorial plaque installed at veterans cemetery

[NVMojo]

CARSON CITY -- A memorial plaque with a Wiccan religious symbol on it was installed over the weekend at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley for Sgt. Patrick Stewart, who died in Afghanistan more than a year ago.

Roberta Stewart, his widow, said she was notified Monday that the plaque had been installed.

"I heard the news about 10:30 a.m. and went right out there," Stewart said.

The plaque was installed without fanfare, just as they are for all Nevada military burials, she said.

"They honored Patrick the way they honor all other soldiers," Stewart said. "Pat is honored today the way he should have been over a year ago."

Stewart said the plaque was installed just days before what would have been the couple's third anniversary.

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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Nov-21-Tue-2006/news/10964992.html

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. about time.

watch it get defaced.

[jarab]

3. Agree.

"The plaque was installed without fanfare, just as they are for all Nevada military burials, she said."
This and similar stories are fanfare, however.

...O...

[Jawja]

4. Yep.

Won't be long before the nutjobs go after it.

Only freedom of religion they believe in is freedom of THEIR religion.

[joefree1]

8. Watch the defacer get cancer

Anybody stupid enough to deface a Pagan holy place deserves what will follow.


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PaganWarrior/

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Good for the government!

:applause:

[nuxvomica]

5. Apparently the VA still doesn't recognize it

The plaque was installed by the state of Nevada. This may seem like a minor thing but it's not. It's a clear violation of the 1st Amendment and numbers is not an excuse because there are more Wiccans in this country than other sects that have VA-sanctioned plaques.

[soothsayer]

10. You should see all the symbols they DO allow! Bizarre that they

won't allow this one.

[Ilsa]

6. Good for him and his family. The Idiots In Charge

need to finally recognize that not everyone accepts their majority-driven religions, and maybe this Thanksgiving, they need to understand that the Pilgrims came here for religious freedom. Kudos to them for sticking to their proverbial guns.

[Sgent]

7. The State of Nevada

deserves credit for this -- they stepped up when the feds still haven't.

[NVMojo]

11. I agree and shame on the feeds who used this man ...took his life into service

let him die for its cause and then ...

[PsychoDad]

9. This is good news.

Soldiers of all faiths deserve the same respect for their sacrifice for our country.

I'm very happy to see this :)


Peace.

[dbt]

12. Can you even IMAGINE how much better off we'd all be if we lived

by the Rede?

"This shall be the whole of the law: an it harm none, do what Thou wilt."

Peace now be upon Sergeant Stewart, those who mourn him, and those who will take offence at this just decision.

:patriot:
dbt
Remember New Orleans

[katinmn]

13. Here's the symbol. Nothing to get freaked out about.

[tbyg52]

14. This is good news, but

it's a crying shame that the state of Nevada had to step in when the federal government wouldn't.