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There are people on
the net that
have nothing better to do with their time then be nasty
to other
people online. They post rude comments, spend hours a
day talking
about sites they hate so much, that they well, spend
hours a day
talking about them. (lame) They mock the owners and
posters for
their opinions and their right to free speech. They
expect everyone
to fit into their narrow-minded little world view or
else they throw
a temper tantrum.
To these people I say
grow up.
Here's a bit of info
people...the
web is a HUGE place. If you don't like what I say here,
or who I am,
or what I do, or talk about, or what I look like, or
the color of my
hair, or whatever asinine thing you dwell on, go
somewhere else.
It's really, really easy. Honest. You just click the
little "x" in
the corner of your browser and *poof* the offending,
big, mean and
nasty site has disappeared.
I pay for this site.
It's mine.
That means I can use it for whatever the hell I want
to. Don't like
it if I'm bitching about something in my life? Oh
fucking well. Go
somewhere else. Think I'm stupid for expressing my
thoughts? Too
fucking bad, don't read them. Somewhere along the line,
someone
forgot this simple fact: Live and let live Don't
like me,
cool, fine, whatever, I don't care. This journal
is NOT for
you. It's for me. I'm not in it for popularity or fame
or anything
stupid like that. I write it because I need to write
and express
myself and get things out of my head sometimes. So read
or don't, it
doesn't matter, but don't waste my time (or yours)
bitching about
it.
*gets off soapbox*
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"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Freedom of religion means all religion. You might have heard about the battle that's been waging in court for months now to allow fallen Wiccan soldiers the right to put the symbol of their faith on their grave markers - the same as anyone else gets to. The VA had denied the request which prompted the lawsuit. Thirty-eight other symbols were already allowed, including ironically, one for atheism. But a pentacle? Gasp, shock, horror - no! Can't allow that.
I'm proud to say that has now changed. They were successful in their case and the eleven pending families who merely wanted to honor their family members who died in service to this country (same as those of any other religion) will now be allowed to.
The Wiccan pentacle has been added to the list of emblems allowed in national cemeteries and on government-issued headstones of fallen soldiers, according to a settlement announced Monday.
A settlement between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Wiccans adds the five-pointed star to the list of "emblems of belief" allowed on VA grave markers.
"This settlement has forced the Bush Administration into acknowledging that there are no second class religions in America, including among our nation's veterans," said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, which represented the Wiccans in the lawsuit.
VA-issued headstones, markers and plaques can be used in any cemetery, whether it is a national one such as Arlington or a private burial ground like that on Circle Sanctuary's property.
I am so happy that this has been resolved. And that at the end of the day, a little more equality has been hard-won. You don't have to be Wiccan to see that it's the correct thing to do. We're talking about honoring a veterans here and our differences shouldn't be a grounds for hatred, but rather tolerance and acceptance. We don't all have to agree, but we can all be mature enough to live and let live and thank these people for their service the same as we do those from any other religion.
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