Military Chief Faces Criticism over Role of God in Military Funerals
The head of the armed forces is embroiled in a controversy over the proper place of “God” in military funeral rites — but its likely not the problem you think.
The Israeli military is embroiled in a public battle over whether God ought to be mentioned at memorial rites for fallen soldiers…
The controversy is over whether Yizkor, the Hebrew prayer of remembrance, should begin at military ceremonies with the words “May God remember” or “May the people of Israel remember.”
Military policy calls for the version mentioning God to be used, but enforcement has been patchy in an apparent nod to the sentiments of the Jewish state’s secular majority.
It is a seemingly odd controversy for a nation that is often assumed to be religious in some form.
Back home in the US, the Department of Veterans’ Affairs in Texas is being accused of censoring “God” and “Jesus” from funeral prayers:
Three organizations — the Veterans of Foreign Wars, The American Legion and the National Memorial Ladies — allege that the cemetery’s director and other government officials have created “religious hostility” at the cemetery and are violating the First Amendment.
According to court documents filed this week in federal court, the cemetery’s director, Arleen Ocasio, has banned saying “God” at funerals and requires prayers be submitted in advance for government approval, MyFoxHouston.com reports.
Texas has recently seen one case won on the side of religious freedom, with a court saying the government cannot be in the business of dictating the content of its citizens’ prayers.
It would seem the controversy spans oceans.
Keep playing soft against fanatics that beleive Aldous Huxley´s “Brave New World” is a World we all want to live in JD. Keep playing soft against people that medical science confirmed to be pederasts.
Have you read “The Pink Swastika” JD? If not, i strongly suggest you read it and tell about it to everyone you know esp military. If there is one thing most people have it wrong on homosexuality is how they often associate it with “femininity” and “passiveness”. The majority of homosexuals are attracted to the military institution like bees are attracted to honey. You do know that the Greek and Roman armies became dominated by homosexuals do you? You do know that in Nazi Germany the only military institution that was not dominated by homosexuals was the German Army (Wermacht) do you?
eye open,
huh? I guess I’m a dumb fighter pilot, but what you posted doesn’t make sense to me.
Eye Open,
I’ve always been a bit curious how it is decided that a person was homosexual after they have been dead for quite some time. Do you happen to know?
Also, have you read ‘the annotated Pink Swastika’? It points out a slew of historical inaccuracies in ‘The Pink Swastika.’ And if I’m not mistaken, ‘The Pink Swastika’ uses the terms homosexual and pederast almost interchangeably. To me, a pederast is essentially a pedophile, and the homosexual movement has made a large distinction between the terms homosexual and pedophile.
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