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  • Dept of VA censors funeral prayers

    06/30/2011 4:30:49 AM PDT · by rockabyebaby · 19 replies
    Fox-Houston ^ | June 29, 2011 | Fox-Houston
    I did not see this posted anywhere..... HOUSTON (FOX-Houston) - Local veterans say the Department of Veterans Affairs is consistently censoring their prayers, banning them from saying the words "God," and "Jesus" during funeral services at Houston National Cemetery. Three separate organizations have come forward complaining the cemetery's director and other government officials are violating the First Amendment. Members from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, The American Legion and the National Memorial Ladies all complain of "religious hostility" at the cemetery. On Tuesday they told a federal judge what's been going on there. "People are doing things out there that...
  • Obama touts positive Iraq news in radio address (Obama opposed the surge and victory in Iraq)

    08/30/2010 4:00:18 AM PDT · by tobyhill · 19 replies
    washington post ^ | 8/30/2010 | Anne E. Kornblut
    Facing bleak developments on multiple fronts, President Obama is turning his attention to an unlikely source of positive news: Iraq. Obama will deliver a major address to the nation on Tuesday night highlighting his campaign promise to bring the war to a close. "As a candidate for this office, I pledged I would end this war. As president, that is what I am doing," Obama said in his weekly address, setting the stage for next week's speech. He said the United States is taking "an important step forward" as the last combat brigades leave the country, saying it will "mark...