Daily Kos

Wiccan Soldier won't get emblem

Thu Mar 02, 2006 at 01:36:57 PM PDT

This isn't a one line diary, but it shouldn't take more than that to illustrate the incredible intolerance of the Bush Administration and the Department of Defense.

It's a simple story:
A soldier from Fernley, NV was killed in Iraq. His family wants his sacrifice memorialized. The Department of Defense will only allow him a "blank" memorial. Why? Because Sgt. Stewart was a Wiccan.

The full story in the Review Journal

Tags: wicca, Iraq War, Department of Defense (all tags) :: Previous Tag Versions

View Comments | 23 comments