My beloved aunt was buried in one last year. It was nice, simple, and humble.
Good for these guys.
Funeral homes are the biggest rip-off in the country, all protected by government “licenses”.
For others here, the gist of the Court's decision, from the news item:
In its opinion issued Wednesday, the 5th Circuit decisively laid out why it disagreed with the board: licensed funeral directors don't receive special training in caskets; Louisiana law does not prevent consumers from buying third-party caskets from outside Louisiana, including online sales; and the state doesn't require a person to be buried in a casket, the court noted.
Add it all up, and the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors have their "prayer" to the courts to stop those pesky monks (from cutting in on their biz) be returned to them worse than unanswered.
Thanks for the article. Though possibly subject matter associated with some sadness, it comes across as good news to me.
I’ll have to side with the funeral industry on this one. Monks shouldn’t be wasting their time building boxes for the dead, they should be brewing tasty beers for the living.
I’m all for free enterprise, but is there a reason the Abbey took this to court and didn’t just apply for a state license to sell the caskets? I didn’t see mention of it in the linked article.
When I die, I want my body reduced to ashes as quickly and economically as possible.
And I don’t much care what happens to the ash, since “I” was never permanently tethered to it anyway.
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust”
I am certain I have an immortal soul.
Where that ends up, is already privately known between me and God.
Other peoples opinions are not important.
And I am certainly not going to waste money paying for an expensive burial box, when I never paid that much for a car!
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