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Aug. 26th, 2011
Texas Taliban
Aug. 26th, 2011 02:52 pmTexas lawmakers fighting to insert Christian language in funerals for non-Christian soldiers
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.
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.
Dinner with the Donnelly Sisters
Aug. 26th, 2011 03:32 pmaka my Mom and my Aunts Ann and Molly. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kshandra, murphymom, my cousin Pam and her daughter Lily were also there. Quite the mob. The sisters get together once a year, sometimes going on vacation or just visiting one another. Since Kiri and I were up in Reno for most of their visit this was our one chance to get together. The original plan was to eat at Olive Garden, but they don't take reservations, and we were told that it would be a 70 minute wait for a table. Pam called around, and The Cheesecake Factory right across the street could hold a space for us if we got right over. We did.
Very good food, and oh, by Halford's Shiny Head, the portions! Great conversations, very good wine. Of course, there were pictures taken. This is me and Pam.
kshandra, murphymom, my cousin Pam and her daughter Lily were also there. Quite the mob. The sisters get together once a year, sometimes going on vacation or just visiting one another. Since Kiri and I were up in Reno for most of their visit this was our one chance to get together. The original plan was to eat at Olive Garden, but they don't take reservations, and we were told that it would be a 70 minute wait for a table. Pam called around, and The Cheesecake Factory right across the street could hold a space for us if we got right over. We did. Very good food, and oh, by Halford's Shiny Head, the portions! Great conversations, very good wine. Of course, there were pictures taken. This is me and Pam.
