Flag-folding recitations for vets banned because of religious content
Associated Press
October 26, 2007
RIVERSIDE,California - Complaints about religious content have led to a ban on flag-folding recitations by Veterans Administration employees and volunteers at all 125 national cemeteries. It all started because of one complaint about the ceremony at Riverside National Cemetery in California.
During thousands of military burials, the volunteers have folded the American flag 13 times and recited the significance of every fold to survivors. For example, the 12th fold glorifies "God the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost."
The complaint revolved around the narration in the 11th fold, which celebrates Jewish war veterans and "glorifies the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob."
The National Cemetery Administration decided to ban the entire recital at all national cemeteries.
Veterans and honor detail volunteers, including Bobby Castillo, 85, and Rees Lloyd, 59, are furious. "That the actions of one disgruntled, whining, narcissistic and intolerant individual is preventing veterans from getting the honors they deserve is truly an outrage," Lloyd said. "This is another attempt by secularist fanatics to cleanse any reference to God."
World War II Navy veteran Castillo said it's "a slap in the face to every veteran."
"When we got back from the war, we didn't ask for a whole lot," Castillo said. "We just want to give our veterans the respect they deserve. No one has ever complained to us about it. I just don't understand."
Lloyd and Castillo are part of a 16-member detail that has performed military honors at more than 1,400 services. They were preparing to read the flag-folding remarks at the Riverside cemetery when the graveyard staff members stopped them. “This even if the family of the deceased wants this ceremony, they cannot. “This is tyranny, pure and simple, America has become blind, deceived and oppressed, they get away with this because it’s just another small incremental step,” said de Andréa Op-ed writer of The Bottom Line.
Charlie Waters, parliamentarian for the American Legion of California, said he's advising memorial honor details to ignore the edict. "This is nuts," Waters told the Riverside Press-Enterprise by telephone from Fresno. "There are 26 million veterans in this country, and they're not going to take us all to prison."
Nacincik said that though the flag-folding narrative includes references to God that the government does not endorse, the main reason for the new rules is uniformity. "We are looking at consistency," Nacincik said. "We think that's important."
An American Legion commander in California says he and other veterans will defy a newly imposed ban on flag-folding recitations that include references to God.
Vets plan to ignore ban on flag-folding recitations
Hear the report
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THE BOTTOM LINE: One important point that the blind, deceived and politically correct press failed to mention, is the fundamental reason behind this continual attack on Christianity in the U.S.-- It is not Atheism or the left wing America haters; we have always had those. These are the deceived enablers of a satanic philosophy, and unless we go after the real perpetrators of this destruction of America’s heritage and foundation, America as we have known it, will soon meet its demise.
This attack on American values and religions, especially Christians and Jews, comes right straight out of the playbook of the enemy of this world. This is the deception of Sharia law found only in the Quran. This is just part of the Islamic infiltration of the west, the United States of America and any free people of the world. The surreptitious incremental infusion of Sharia Law replacing all American traditions, laws and religions is part of the deception and preparation of Islamic Jihad in America. Connect the dots as they say, this all started, as Muslims began to become a significant part of the American populace.
Remember Christmas is not allowed in the Whitehouse, but EID and Ramadan are.
Wake up and STOP being deceived and used, to bring about the world agenda of Islam…
de Andréa .
Associated Press
October 26, 2007
RIVERSIDE,California - Complaints about religious content have led to a ban on flag-folding recitations by Veterans Administration employees and volunteers at all 125 national cemeteries. It all started because of one complaint about the ceremony at Riverside National Cemetery in California.
During thousands of military burials, the volunteers have folded the American flag 13 times and recited the significance of every fold to survivors. For example, the 12th fold glorifies "God the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost."
The complaint revolved around the narration in the 11th fold, which celebrates Jewish war veterans and "glorifies the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob."
The National Cemetery Administration decided to ban the entire recital at all national cemeteries.
Veterans and honor detail volunteers, including Bobby Castillo, 85, and Rees Lloyd, 59, are furious. "That the actions of one disgruntled, whining, narcissistic and intolerant individual is preventing veterans from getting the honors they deserve is truly an outrage," Lloyd said. "This is another attempt by secularist fanatics to cleanse any reference to God."
World War II Navy veteran Castillo said it's "a slap in the face to every veteran."
"When we got back from the war, we didn't ask for a whole lot," Castillo said. "We just want to give our veterans the respect they deserve. No one has ever complained to us about it. I just don't understand."
Lloyd and Castillo are part of a 16-member detail that has performed military honors at more than 1,400 services. They were preparing to read the flag-folding remarks at the Riverside cemetery when the graveyard staff members stopped them. “This even if the family of the deceased wants this ceremony, they cannot. “This is tyranny, pure and simple, America has become blind, deceived and oppressed, they get away with this because it’s just another small incremental step,” said de Andréa Op-ed writer of The Bottom Line.
Charlie Waters, parliamentarian for the American Legion of California, said he's advising memorial honor details to ignore the edict. "This is nuts," Waters told the Riverside Press-Enterprise by telephone from Fresno. "There are 26 million veterans in this country, and they're not going to take us all to prison."
Nacincik said that though the flag-folding narrative includes references to God that the government does not endorse, the main reason for the new rules is uniformity. "We are looking at consistency," Nacincik said. "We think that's important."
An American Legion commander in California says he and other veterans will defy a newly imposed ban on flag-folding recitations that include references to God.
Vets plan to ignore ban on flag-folding recitations
Hear the report
*********************
THE BOTTOM LINE: One important point that the blind, deceived and politically correct press failed to mention, is the fundamental reason behind this continual attack on Christianity in the U.S.-- It is not Atheism or the left wing America haters; we have always had those. These are the deceived enablers of a satanic philosophy, and unless we go after the real perpetrators of this destruction of America’s heritage and foundation, America as we have known it, will soon meet its demise.
This attack on American values and religions, especially Christians and Jews, comes right straight out of the playbook of the enemy of this world. This is the deception of Sharia law found only in the Quran. This is just part of the Islamic infiltration of the west, the United States of America and any free people of the world. The surreptitious incremental infusion of Sharia Law replacing all American traditions, laws and religions is part of the deception and preparation of Islamic Jihad in America. Connect the dots as they say, this all started, as Muslims began to become a significant part of the American populace.
Remember Christmas is not allowed in the Whitehouse, but EID and Ramadan are.
Wake up and STOP being deceived and used, to bring about the world agenda of Islam…
de Andréa .
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