Is The V.A. Censoring ‘God’ Out of Funeral Prayers At Houston Cemetery?
- Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:38am by
Mike Opelka
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Imagine how you would feel if you lost a loved one serving in the military. Your family has paid the ultimate price, protecting the freedoms that all Americans enjoy. And now friends and relatives have gathered at the “National Cemetery” for a funeral service and to pay respects to the departed. However, nothing can proceed until the words of the memorial service have been screened and approved.
Sound a little far-fetched? Well, That‘s the battle that’s been happening between Texas veterans and the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) for months.
Earlier this year, the (VA) asked that all specific references to God be removed from the Memorial Day ceremonies slated to be held at the Houston cemetery. A judge granted a stay against the VA and the prayers were allowed to go on without government oversight or editing. But the battle continued, despite a very clear warning from the bench:
the judge warned the agency it had stepped too far, saying officials were essentially “decreeing how citizens honor their veterans.”
But despite the judge’s warning, it seems the censorship has continued. 740 KTRH NewsRadio in Houston has interviewed several people who have experienced it first-hand:
Attorney Jeff Mateer represents the Liberty Institute; he says the cemetery director won’t allow the use of “God” or “Jesus” unless the family submits the prayer in writing for her approval.
“In addition, director Arlene Ocasio has stated the National Memorial Ladies cannot tell families ‘God Bless,’ they cannot communicate in writing or orally,” says Mateer. “And that violates the U.S. Constitution.”
Marilyn Koepp is with the National Memorial Ladies. “I would have been appalled if when the VFW did my father’s funeral in 2004, if they could not have said ‘God,’ what is happening to our country?” she asks.
Vietnam veteran Nobelton Jones hands out shells from the 21-gun salute to families, but says the cemetery director is trying to censor him as well.
“On March 15, she said that at the District 4 ceremony, that I could not say ‘We wish that God grant you and your family grace, mercy and peace,’ she specifically said that,” claims Jones.
“It’s just unfair that somebody would ask us to take God out of our vocabulary,” Cheryl Whitfield, founder of Houston National Memorial Ladies, told the Houston Chronicle.
“I could’ve kept my mouth shut and let things happen, but when it comes to standing up for your belief in God and giving comfort to the families, I don’t want to regret not saying anything,” she added. “We all had to stand up for what we believe in.”
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Comments (220)
wordweaver
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:08amThe whole focus of a Christian funeral/memorial service is to celebrate eternal life and going to be with the Father in Heaven. Removing any mention of Him in the service, or even requiring prior approval of the text of the service, would be a deal breaker for this veteran. Just send the flag to my widow and we’ll make arrangements for services through our church. This is way beyond unbelievable.
Report Post »cimiron
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:44pmI agree totally with you, this is blasfamy and believe me they will get theres, anyone who denies God will not be with him
Report Post »Whostolemypig
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:04amSpoken prayers are only for the self satisfaction of the speaker. The prayers that God hears are spoken with the heart. A multitude of people can profess to be Christians, but it’s the few that display the spirit of Christ in their daily lives that God recognizes.
Report Post »hi
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:12amGod recognizes those who believe His son, Jesus, died for their sins on the cross.
The Pharisees displayed Christ-like character on the outside, but they had no love in their hearts.
Abiding in Him produces the Fruits of the Spirit. Jesus produces love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, faithfulness, and self-control in you when you abide in Him. (by faith, reading scripture, and prayer) It’s too hard for us. Let Jesus do it by reading his Word.
Report Post »RomanCatholic99
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:03amThe VA takes all your info any ways they should just ask before hand what if any religion they belong to.
Report Post »agameofthrones
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:02amGosh, I hate to throw this at the government officials since they are probably unfamiliar with it, but here goes –
Report Post »Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
See that part in there about prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and right to peaceful assembly?
Know what you don’t see? These words – SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE!!!
Those words are not in there. The people at military funerals have a right to assemble peacefully and to say whatever they want and to pray if it is there desire. Everyone should petition the government for the redress of this major greivance!!
Tickdog
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:02amwow.. talk about hell in a hand basket.. jeeze. whats next?
Report Post »georgeisn6
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:02amThe atheist church is at work here,they want to convert everone to the belife in nothing, the church has built huge monuments to nothing ever where you look, you can not see them becaus they are nothing just like the people who built them.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:01amlet God strike them all dead for their blasphemy.
Report Post »NoMarxist
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:00amOur battle is not against flesh & blood, but against principalities & powers. Politiican’s lack of morals and values makes them perfect tools to be used by evil. They live fo far from the truth, they don’t even know it. Ann Coulter nailed it with her new book, Demonic.
Report Post »Kerri g
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:00amAmendment 1 of the United States Constitution: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or PROHIBING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF; Congress is the law making body of our govt. What the congress cannot do no other can do and still adhear to the Constitution, the supreme law of the land.
Report Post »Making laws and regulations that go directly agaist the Constituion should be an impeachable offence. From the very top of our govt. to the very bottom. The woman in this article has no business holding the position she holds. She cannot prohibit anyone from the free excersise of their faith.
Vets and families of vets need to stand up very loudly and say enough is enough. We will pledge our allegence to our country and we will pray anytime and anywhere we feel the need. Anyone who trys to stop us is in violation of the Constitution of the United States and we should sue anyone who says a word to us about it.
I.Gaspar
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:00amThese God haters have to go.
Report Post »I am so sick of everyone having to bow to the wishes of these heathens crying “separation of church and state…separation of church and state”
The Constitution never intended any of this. The goal was to preclude the government from instituting a state religion.
These sick bastards have done just that. They have instituted the government mandated religion of “No Religion”.
We must vote out every last leftist progressive…down to the lowest local office.
No exceptions.
hi
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:57amThey should just all nicely interrupt and say their loved one is with Jesus, in Christ’s name, Amen. (or whatever you say at funerals) They should interrupt in a polite manner, is my point.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:56amNo, it’s not unconstitutional (not a separation of church and state issue) & I’m as upset as most Christians about this stuff, but the reality is there may be many who aren’t Christians and it does bother them to hear that in a public service. What needs to be promoted and taught is how these things are NOT a violation of the constitution, separation of church of state. So I understand the bit about how they need a request by the family for a Christian service. This is different than being allowed to teach “creationism” in public schools, along with the theory of evolution deal. Yes, this has become very prolematic bc of the growing bold rebelliousness against God in this country. 8-(
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:28pmIf you attend the funeral — or marriage for that matter — of a Christian, you should expect to hear abt God — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — Three yet One.
When my mother passed fm this life into the next, all our Jewish friends came and honored us by standing alongside us in our time of sorrow. This is love incarnate.
Report Post »orcuttpepa
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:54pmBy preventing someone from using God in speech, directly goes against the 1st amendment. Also the 1st amendment does not guarantee a right to not be offended! If you hear something that offends you, then leave! You have that right of free choice.
Report Post »As a side note: There is NO such thing as “separation of Church and State”. The 1st amendment tells Congress that they can not make a law respecting religion. This means they can’t force you to believe and they cant force you to stop. No where does it say that God can not be allowed in the govt. It merely can not be forced. By making laws to not allow it is in direct conflict with the 1st amendment!
SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:55am.
Report Post »Texas the Sodom and Gommorah of the United States…. Ya’ll know what they say about Texas Steers and Queer little things………….And ya’ll want RINO Perry to run LMAO…….
TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:17amI assume you think Louisiana is better? The state with a government so inept, and some people so stupid, they couldn’t get out of the way of a major Hurricane bearing down on a city partially below sea-level. Then, the blame the Federal government? No thanks, I’ll keep Texas.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 1:26pm.
I live in this dung pile of a state (Texas), where a baby can be beat over a french fry and the Law does nothing.
Oh you better take a Nap and bring a sack lunch, if you think you can Spank this monkey…….
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 1:50pmSpankDaMonkey, I suggest you find another state in which to live.
Report Post »big-jeff
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:51amI served 21 years in the Air Force so that personal freedoms will continue and this is how the VA pays us back. If they want a fight their going to get one, they work for us.
Report Post »godhead
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:50amWhat part of “shall establish no religion” don’t you people get? If it’s a government facility or service, leave religion out of it. You can go stand on your rooftop and yell Hosannah till the cows come home, but leave it out of the government.
Do you respect the Constitution or not?
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:01amThat is not what seperation of church and state means.
Report Post »CaptOfTheGuard
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:27amThat statement is only half correct. Why does everyone who argues separation of church and state always leave out the second half of the sentence:
“…or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”
The VA is prohibiting citizens the right to exercise their religion as they see fit.
You can’t win an argument by using a half-truth.
Report Post »GiveUsJustice
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:17pmCaptOfTheGuard
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:27am
That statement is only half correct. Why does everyone who argues separation of church and state always leave out the second half of the sentence:
“…or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”
The VA is prohibiting citizens the right to exercise their religion as they see fit.
You can’t win an argument by using a half-truth.
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Because the Communist Network News doesn’t tell him that. They are the truth, the light, and most likely his god. It’s true if they say it, it is a lie if Fox says it. Look something up? Pleaseeeeee, that would take effort. Let the Communist do it for him and it is so.
It’s it funny how every liberal out there is fighting head, tooth, and nail to respect every other religion in the country, but doing the same amount of fighting to get rid of Christianity? Lol.
Report Post »godhead
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:17pmCaptoftheRetard . . .
Perhaps you should re-read my post . . . “You can go stand on your rooftop and yell Hosannah till the cows come home, . . . ”
But that’s not good enough for you. Too bad. You stand in contradiction of the Constitution. Why do you hate America?
Report Post »Heavyduty70
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:38pmThe term “ Seperation of Church and State” doesn’t appear in the Constitution!!! It comes from a letter Thomas Jerfferson wrote. To whom I forget. What people don’t understand (and the left uses to confuse the issue), “the estabishment of religion clause” means just that. The government cannot establish a STATE RELIGION such as the Church of England or the Church of America. The founders never meant that God should be taken out of government. But it has been so screwed up by the left that most people believe that now if it is a government facility or function or school you cannot call on the name of the Creator and Living God. These people will experence a rude awakening when the Second Coming gets here.
Report Post »By the way, I’m a vet and a Christian! And I’d like to know why you call yourself GODHEAD.
melmatmic
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 10:03amYou seem to have it bass ackwards. It says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.“ The VA is ”prohibiting the free exercise therof!!!!!!!!
Report Post »sonseeker
Posted on July 5, 2011 at 5:23pm@ godhead
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
What part of, “prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” don’t you understand….free exercise means FREE exercise
Report Post »The Trident Report
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:49amSee how evil obama is? He starts all this by refusing to say “The Creator” and now look at how the liberal dope-fiend drones of the left pick it up and run with it. obama has been sent from hell to wreak havoc and destruction on our nation! Pray that God gives us the strength to defeat him and his evil kind in 2012! God Bless America and Freedom!
Report Post »netman349
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 9:21pmRight on! We must prevail and not fail! The day that Odumbo is officially disqualified from running for president should be a new federal day of prayer!
Report Post »StevenL1955
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:49am“I would have been appalled if when the VFW did my father’s funeral in 2004, if they could not have said ‘God,’ what is happening to our country?” she asks.
what is happening to our country?” she asks.
Progressives is what has happened Ma’am, soon it will not be permitted for us Christians to even say that Jesus is Lord and King and the Son of the Living God…oops, I just said it :-)
We are no longer the United States of America as we knew it. It’s now turning into a disgusting nation where we will have to meet in secret simply to worship in a country that was founded on Religious Freedom. I miss the United States of America, it was the greatest country in Earth’s History
Report Post »Young_Conservative
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:49amI would like to see them try and stop me from praying to God and referencing God at a Veterans Funeral… or ANY funeral for that matter.
“A judge granted a stay against the VA and the prayers were allowed to go on without government oversight or editing.“ Since when did the gav have the authority to ”oversee” our prayers? That is a DIRECT violation of our Constitutional right under the 1st Amendment! The very first one!!
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” They are making a law then that prohibits free exercise thereof? Which also nullfies there arguement that it violates the Constitution… “In addition, director Arlene Ocasio has stated the National Memorial Ladies cannot tell families ‘God Bless,’ they cannot communicate in writing or orally,” says Mateer. “And that violates the U.S. Constitution.”
I’m tired of them twisting our Constitution around to serve their purposes when its convenient then trashing it every other time… When do we stand up in force and tell them NO MORE!!!!?
Report Post »NJTMATO
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:22amHey Young….how young are you??? I hope you’re reaching out to lots of “young” people…I’m happy to read what you have posted here. God is smiling upon you and I pray you are NOT alone!!! We NEED YOUTH to PAY ATTENTION and GET INVOLVED.!
Report Post »Young_Conservative
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:46am@NJTMATO
Thank You for the kind words… I’m 22 and in college but I have been active in practicing my “conservatism” since I can remember.
Thank You for the prayers and I shall do the same :)
God Bless
Report Post »Untameable-kate
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:47amAgain we have the wishes of the few outweighing the needs of the many.
Report Post »nomercy63
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:47amOK, This is a little bit sick!!!! Now they even want to chase us in death with this Progressive BS. Man time to fight and restore the Constitution or find a new place to live!
Report Post »JohnHW
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:03amIt is time for these “PC” bast**ds who don’t have any respect or care about the vets who have given their all for this country, TO FIND ANOTHER COUNTRY. It is way past time for the families to tell this “administrator” to keep HER MOUTH shut and respect the U.S. Constitution and what IT ACTUALLY SAYS – not what some mentally challenged judge thinks he can put over on the country. It is also past time that judges who put their personal opinions in place of the U.S. Constitution to be fired.
Report Post »agameofthrones
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:15amNOMERCY63 – it’s time for the libs, who are obviously terrified of God and religion in any form, *excludes extreme environmentalism and Islam* to go live somewhere else. This country was founded by believers, defended by believers, and maintained by believers in Almighty God, and will be saved by Him through the work of those who still believe!
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:47amHard to believe, but with Obama and Soros’ liberal agents running free – not that hard to believe after all.
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:46amHard to believe this is really happening…..wonder how the vets feel about it?
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:56amAs a vet, I am not shcked at this at all..The way I see it,they can’t stop anyone from praying anywhere.It is GOD who owns it all anyway.The Earth is his and all the fulness thereof.Who is man to say what we can or cannot do on God’s green earth?
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:16pmAs a retired Navy Chaplain, I would not follow her rules. There is not one thing she can do about it. Her rules are unlawful and will be proven so in court. It‘s just a pity that it will take up the court’s time and somebody’s money to show her to be a fool.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:22pmHey folks, the VA doesn’t have a choice if they say God obama will cut their funds. I understand if it is a muslim funeral and Allah is used , extra funds will be made available.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:48pmProud but very sad
Proud to have served defending an Idea , My Flag , and We The People to have free will
(FREEDOM) To try to live our dreams the best way we can.
Live and let live ,you be you, I’ll be me …..
Very SAD when I see what we have let the Enemy with-in (PROGRESSIVES) do to The Idea,
WE THE PEOPLE and FREEDOM.
I use to believe the USA would never let a One World Order come,
and The Bible was just Words
In the last 40 years I’ve come to see I was wrong on both.
There once was One USA, and One Church ,now there is much
division ,and confusion in both.
I’ts no wonder only a few still believe in either one.Or maybe believe,but it’s My way or the highway
ROMAN 99
In my day they did ask. My dog tags have Name,ser#,Blood type,and religion was your option.
Do I go to any one church–NO
Do I believe in GOD—YES
Do I care what you think–NO
ONLY GOD HAS THE RIGHT TO JUDGE
Use your free-will here………………
Rosie , Had your brain washed today
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:45amTime to CUT the funding for the VA. The only language idiots understand is the language of the almighty dollar. So, take it away and let the chips fall where they may. It will take a boatload of angry veterans without benefits (hell hath no fury like an American that gets their entitlements cut.) to put pressure on the top.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:18amNo, it’s time fire atheistic bigots like Ocasio. Why would you actively seek a position at a cemetery, and then impose your anti-religious prejudice on what is inherently a religious ceremony? That’s a pretty nasty person who has to go.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:45amBut, the only way that happens is pressure from within, which won‘t happen until you take people’s pacifiers away. In this case, benefits.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:14pm@Haus — why would you punish the guiltless for the sins of the wicked? Do you also advocate cutting your nose off to spite your own face?
It’s not the veterans who have been stupid; it a dumb bureaucrat.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:19pm…Furthermore, the gov’t just does NOT listen to vets. Making them take the brunt of this foolishness will not change the system. It is only because the American citizen appreciates their sacrifices that they have benefits to begin with.
Remember what happened to the veterans of WW1 and their shanty town erected in DC for benefits they had earned.
That‘s how much the gov’t pays attention to veterans’ voices!
Report Post »GrnEyedCatz
Posted on July 4, 2011 at 7:09pmAs the daughter of a 30-year veteran and the granddaughter of a WWII veteran, our veterans do not receive “entitlements.” Our veterans – especially those who served in combat areas – earned the benefits they receive. They fought for the right to worship according to their beliefs, including at funerals. Let those who disagree visit our military hospitals and see the courage and dignity of our Wounded Warriors then tell us they receive “entitlements.”
Veterans and those who love veterans should be protesting the actions of the Houston Dept. of Veterans Affairs. Not only are they violating a court order, they are violating the Constitution which our veterans swore to defend.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:41amHere we go again with another case of the administrations and the leftists PC garbage running amok in their efforts to break down everything good and whole in America. This is just one more effort for them to dishonor and discredit the military and its members, living and past.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:54amYou’d think the family would have their say, but the VA…unfortunately…is government run.
Report Post »crabbyoldman
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:10amGod is getting mad!!!!
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:15amIt’s kind of sick that a person like this Ocasio woman would actively seek this position to impose her narrow view point.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:33pmArlene Ocasio sterilize your lips & kiss my behind .
This is not the USSR take your sick dirty twisted mind & move to China or North Korea .
Shame on you .
GOD BLESS our HEROES .
Report Post »Now what you’re gonna do about this Arlene Ocasio ?
TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:40amYou can take God out of conversations, assemblies, and such; but He’s still there.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:48amJust like the Book of Esther.His name is not meintioned in the whole book, and yet, he is behind the scene protecting his people.
Report Post »LIBERALSBEDAMNED
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 10:55amRead your Bilbe folks.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:00amDear VA, you are a government entity; I am a private citizen. The Constitution strictly forbids the government from infringing upon the right of private citizens right to religious freedom and freedom of speech. It other words, pack sand. I’ll say what I want about God anytime I want.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:06amWE WILL NOT CONFORM:
NBC tried to make us conform, they had to apologize: http://tiny.cc/wzzhh
That graduation speech that God was taken out, the parents attacked the principle.
Sad that even though we have to conform, the left gets to use God for their purposes. Double Standard.
Report Post »Heitah
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:07amGod bless our soldiers
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:11amThis is very definition of tyranny……At what point do we as a people say enough with this secular progressive BS.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:21amPray to GOD anyway…Make them arrest you!
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:23amCongress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or PROHIBIT the free exerise there of. Congress and the government are responsible for the dept. of veterans affairs tthe dept under their watch didn’t require a god be in a memorial service BUT THEY DID REQUIRE IT BE REMOVED.
Report Post »So therefore the head of the dept. must be brought up on charges of violation of the constitution and whomever appoint the head of the dept and whom ever vetted the candidate should also be removed from their office as well. An attack on the Constitution ios an act of treason.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:29am@TexasCommonSense
Report Post »Exactly what I was gonna say. Well done, sir.
thegrassroots
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:44amAmazing how low those who choose “political correctness” will stoop to compromise integrity.
True Americans refuse to stoop down to lowness. True Americans Have The Integrity To Stand Up and Be Correct!
Report Post »TomFerrari
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:45amActually, you CANNOT take God out of anything -
The Constitution of The United States of America SAYS SO!
It does not protect you FROM God, it protects GOD from YOU!
We just have to repair our court systems, legislators, etc.
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:53amSmith Well Stated !!!!! We cannot stand for this !!!!! One of them said that she wasn’t a Veteran as far as they knew………… You can count on it, No veteran would EVER do such a thing.“ NO SOLDIER IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HAS EVER ENLISTED TO FIGHT FOR SOCIALISM ” This goes against our Constitution and What the Soldiers are Fighing for. WE MUST STOP THIS INSANITY !!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »NES
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 11:57amBefore we gut the DoEd, let’s turn the DVA into the BVA and put it under the DoD!
We need to knock the VA down to a bureau and then put it under the DoD. The horribile care our veterans receive at VA hospitals and at the hands of the VA is unacceptable, and now this! Putting it under the DoD will allow our military to take care of their own with dignity instead of being mistreated by leftist, military-hating, America-hating, and now God-hating bureaucrats. The VA hospitals and national cemeteries belong under the DoD where they will be managed respectfully and properly.
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:03pmTake the complainers against GOD out of the ceremonies.. and carry on with GOD being spoken..
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:10pmI hate it when idiots pretend to practice law. That cemetery director would not know what is Constitutional from what is not.
The ABA should go after her for practicing w/o a license!
She cannot ban a military Chaplain or civilian Christian minister from administering funeral and burial rites according to their faith and traditional practices. For most of us Christians, our ceremonies are full of God and His Risen Christ.
Report Post »jeffyfreezone
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 12:33pmI can’t believe this is happening in Texas!
Report Post »cimiron
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 2:43pmyes he is and at the age of 76 I will speak of God any time and any where I please Amen
Report Post »holy ghostbuster
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 3:59pmHow do you know he’s there?
Report Post »NES
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:26pmHow do you know He’s not? :P
Report Post »scarebear83
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 4:49pm“And that violates the U.S. Constitution.” -Well wouldn’t you know it, the Constitution violates itself then! It is dated, “the Year of OUR Lord one thousand seven hundred and Eighty seven.” It is not dated with the Jewish system which use B.C.E./C.E. nor is it dated with the Muslim system A.H. It is dated with the Christian date in mind and a reference not to “the” Lord but to “our” Lord which is Jesus Christ.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 5:02pmAmerica is not a Baha’i nation.. no matter how much that post-mohammad fraud family wishes it so.
Report Post »Sound The Trumpet In Zion
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 5:13pmYes the Houston VA National Cemetery has went downhill like this in a lot of ways since the current cemetery director took over.
Report Post »Kaity
Posted on June 29, 2011 at 7:29pmI do not know know if the ‘government’ paid for the land, but the land is reserved and dedicated for the bodies of the dead who served their country, and each one was an individual and lived his or her own individual life with their own beliefs, which are to be respected by everyone including the government, which by the way is the people of the U.S.A. Did the people vote on taking the name“God” out and off everything??? Did we tell our representatives and our senators that is what we wanted? I think it is time that we put it up for a direct vote of the all the legal U.S.Citizens.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 7:45amMan this crap is friggin nuts and it needs to stop!!!
Seperation of church and state protects people’s religions from being trampled by the state. And the phrase “seperation of church and state” is NOT EVEN IN THE CONSTITUTION
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 12:03pmKeep kissing that jewish ass and before long you will find your families in concentration camps.. I’ve warned and warned.. This is the USSR not the USA. We live under a wicked Jewish Aparthied today and I’m just not sure what else I have to show you to make you understand..
You will find more freedom in Russia today than you will in America and the difference in the two?? The Jew no longer rules Russia… Today it’s America who they have by the throat! Look out ahead!!
Report Post »imreddog
Posted on June 30, 2011 at 6:04pmI see that The Blaze doesn’t care about the First Ammendment. At first they posted my two comments… now they have remove them. I guess they don’t like that fact that I refuse to bow down to dispicable bureacrats.
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