CNN backing down?

July 17, 2006 12:36 PM

Wiccan Symbol on Tombstone of Veteran denied Also linked here: http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jul-06-Thu-2006/news/8344272.html CNN.com ran an article a few days ago about the widow of a soldier who was killed and she wants a Wiccan symbol on his tombstone. Crucifixes, the Star of David, Buddhists and even atheists are allowed religious symbols on their military. Now the article has been taken down from CNN.com, and searching the site brings no referance at all.
posted by Ignition (10 comments total)

Is that the same as this WaPo story from July 4?
posted by George_Spiggott at 12:41 PM on July 17, 2006

Well, sure. It's not like the guy died fighting for the basic freedoms we Americans are told we're guaranteed, like the freedome of religion.
posted by Astro Zombie at 12:41 PM on July 17, 2006

double
posted by bob sarabia at 12:41 PM on July 17, 2006

this post makes my head hurt. Your main link is to a non existant link and the link that is to a story is a cut-and-paste job. Incidently this has been brewing for at least a year, so while it may be an interesting topic the post is just a mite weak.
Alt-F
posted by edgeways at 12:44 PM on July 17, 2006

Crucifixes, the Star of David, Buddhists and even atheists are allowed religious symbols on their military.

I for one get sick of seeing all these atheist religious symbols!
posted by clevershark at 12:46 PM on July 17, 2006

Crucifixes, the Star of David, Buddhists and even atheists are allowed religious symbols on their military.

What atheist symbol was put on a tombstone?
posted by Mr_Zero at 12:49 PM on July 17, 2006

My military is adorned with IPUs. What's on your military?
posted by Wolfdog at 12:50 PM on July 17, 2006

Crucifixes, the Star of David, Buddhists and even atheists are allowed religious symbols on their military.

That is officially the worst sentence I've ever read on Metafilter.
posted by signal at 12:51 PM on July 17, 2006

I didn't know that we allowed crucifixes and stars of David into the US military; I had thought that enlistment was still limited to human beings or at least that inanimate objects were ineligible (especially if they're gay inanimate objects). But I suppose if walking hammers are good enough for an alternate UK, religious symbols ought to be good enough for us.

How do you put a religious symbol on a military, anyhow?
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:53 PM on July 17, 2006

Also, what sort of religious symbol would a Crucifix choose?
posted by signal at 12:55 PM on July 17, 2006