My only question about this situation is that nowhere in the article does it actually come out and say that the deceased was a practicing Wiccan. The wife was....How would one check if this fallen soldier truly was a card-carrying, dog-tag wearing Wiccan too, and it's not just the wife's religion and he indulged her while alive to keep the peace?
I'd imagine that, barring a direct declaration from the deceased, the next of kin should have the right to make the determination without being second guessed. Should we question a Christian widow's request for a cross if the fallen soldier might have just been 'indulging her while alive to keep the peace'?
"Should we question a Christian widow's request for a cross if the fallen soldier might have just been 'indulging her while alive to keep the peace'?"
Sure. It happens. My husband doesn't openly practice his religion, but he's told me I can bury him any way I want to if he goes before me. Just make absolutely certain he's dead before I do so, LOL!
I wasn't denegrating their choice in religion at all. Luckily, we Lutherans have thick skins when others accuse us of things they imagine we're saying. ;)
"mnehrling" cleared it all up. The article was sorely lacking in details; you know the MSM and how they LOVE to leave out the details so it makes the MILITARY look bad. As a vet myself, it bugs the heck out of me.
This IS an AP story, so I have no problems questioning the content or looking for the "agenda." It's not like they don't misrepresent the facts on a daily basis when it comes to sticking it to the military for any reason they can find.
And they had to look long and hard to find a 'Wiccan War Widow' to use her to make the military look bad. How many buried now? 2,460 or so? We've had 55 losses in Wisconsin. No stories about those families and their loss because they're not whining about the military "doing them wrong."