Post by asator on Jul 6, 2009 0:23:17 GMT -5
I'm sure you folks remember a little while back, when the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs FINALLY added the pentacle to the list of relgious symbols available to those who have died serving our country?
It was a great day for Vets of the pagan persuasion.
Unfortunately there are more battles to be fought on that front, as the request for Thor's Hammer, Mjolnir, to be added to the list has so far gone unfulfilled.
Now, I know that petitions are not always the most pro-active forms of voicing one's dissent, but if you have a few minutes, please check out this site and sign the petition. It does ask for your name and address, but you do have the option to have it not post your name, and it doesnt post your address, only what state you are from.
Also, if you are on my facebook friend list, disregard this because I probably already bugged you about it a few weeks ago. Unless of course you didn't listen to me then... in which case, listen now, hahah.
www.hammerproject.org/
It was a great day for Vets of the pagan persuasion.
Unfortunately there are more battles to be fought on that front, as the request for Thor's Hammer, Mjolnir, to be added to the list has so far gone unfulfilled.
Now, I know that petitions are not always the most pro-active forms of voicing one's dissent, but if you have a few minutes, please check out this site and sign the petition. It does ask for your name and address, but you do have the option to have it not post your name, and it doesnt post your address, only what state you are from.
Also, if you are on my facebook friend list, disregard this because I probably already bugged you about it a few weeks ago. Unless of course you didn't listen to me then... in which case, listen now, hahah.
www.hammerproject.org/
This is the wording of our petition to get Thor's Hammer
added to the Veteran's Administration list of Emblems of Belief:
We, the undersigned, understand that most often it isn't until a soldier or veteran dies
and the family makes the request that a new symbol is taken under consideration.
However, no man or woman, who is willing to lay down their life for this country
and it's citizens, should ever have to go into harm's way not knowing whether or not
the symbol of their belief will be allowed on their headstone.
We also understand that the Asatru Folk Assembly, an IRS recognized 501(c)3 organization,
has requested that Thor's Hammer, Mjolnir, be added to the list of approved emblems
for use on government provided headstones.
There are Asatru followers who are right now in Iraq and Afghanistan and others
that will be deployed shortly. They and their families deserve to know that,
if they should be killed, Thor's Hammer will be allowed upon their
Dept of Veterans Affairs provided headstone.
It took eight years and a court battle after the death of a Wiccan soldier
before the Pentacle was added. That shouldn't happen to any soldier's grave.
No Christian goes into battle without knowing that a cross, of their choice,
will be on their government provided headstone. We are asking that one symbol,
Thor's Hammer, of the Asatru faith to be added to the approved list.
added to the Veteran's Administration list of Emblems of Belief:
We, the undersigned, understand that most often it isn't until a soldier or veteran dies
and the family makes the request that a new symbol is taken under consideration.
However, no man or woman, who is willing to lay down their life for this country
and it's citizens, should ever have to go into harm's way not knowing whether or not
the symbol of their belief will be allowed on their headstone.
We also understand that the Asatru Folk Assembly, an IRS recognized 501(c)3 organization,
has requested that Thor's Hammer, Mjolnir, be added to the list of approved emblems
for use on government provided headstones.
There are Asatru followers who are right now in Iraq and Afghanistan and others
that will be deployed shortly. They and their families deserve to know that,
if they should be killed, Thor's Hammer will be allowed upon their
Dept of Veterans Affairs provided headstone.
It took eight years and a court battle after the death of a Wiccan soldier
before the Pentacle was added. That shouldn't happen to any soldier's grave.
No Christian goes into battle without knowing that a cross, of their choice,
will be on their government provided headstone. We are asking that one symbol,
Thor's Hammer, of the Asatru faith to be added to the approved list.