Texas Taliban

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Texas lawmakers fighting to insert Christian language in funerals for non-Christian soldiers

Shouldn't veterans and their families have the right to decide whether religion -- and what kind -- is welcome at their own funerals? The Department of Veterans Affairs says yes. But three Texas Congressman and Christian military organizations want to strip away this basic right. Instead, they want to be allowed to impose unwanted Christian ceremonies on the military funerals of everybody who has served the red, white, and blue.

OK, I am livid over this. I am a veteran. I am an atheist. My disposal plan is cremation and scattering at sea, but if I did want a military service, I would not want an unwanted religious element intruding. Read Invictus instead. The crazy thing that the Christian services these morons want would horrify my family members who are Christians, as they run the gamut from Catholic to semi-agnostic deists. Then there's my mother-in-law's Judaism...

This is just another example of how the far right in America doesn't give a damn about Constitutional freedoms. Freedom of religion? Only if you're the right Christian sect.

Makes me sick.

Comments

[melchar.livejournal.com]

This! So very THIS! is what drives me to want those offensively, overly-religious folk barred from any kind of public service where they can interfere with either my life or theorized afterlife.

Go ahead, have your stupid religion. I can sympathize with superstitions and if it comforts you, go for it. But leave other people alone!

[caerbannogbunny.livejournal.com]

At least we agree on this one...