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http://www.wildhunt.org/2006/09/nevada-stops-waiting-to-honor-wiccan.html
A new development in the ongoing Pentacle grave marker controversy. Nevada has decided it will not wait for US Department of Veterans Affairs approval for the religious symbol. Instead, state veterans officials will take the initiative to engrave the Pentacle for Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart, a Wiccan soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.
"The new development came Wednesday when state veterans officials said they had received a legal opinion from the Nevada attorney general's office that concluded federal officials have no authority over state cemeteries. As a result, they intend to have a contractor make a plaque with the Wiccan pentacle - a circle around a five-pointed star - to be added to the Veterans' Memorial Wall in Fernley. "The VA still has not determined yet if a Wiccan symbol can go on the headstone," said Tim Tetz, executive director of the Nevada Office of Veterans Services. "But we have determined we control the state cemetery and that we therefore have the ability to recognize him for his service to his country," he said."
http://www.wildhunt.org/2006/09/nevada-stops-waiting-to-honor-wiccan.html
A new development in the ongoing Pentacle grave marker controversy. Nevada has decided it will not wait for US Department of Veterans Affairs approval for the religious symbol. Instead, state veterans officials will take the initiative to engrave the Pentacle for Sgt. Patrick D. Stewart, a Wiccan soldier who was killed in Afghanistan.
"The new development came Wednesday when state veterans officials said they had received a legal opinion from the Nevada attorney general's office that concluded federal officials have no authority over state cemeteries. As a result, they intend to have a contractor make a plaque with the Wiccan pentacle - a circle around a five-pointed star - to be added to the Veterans' Memorial Wall in Fernley. "The VA still has not determined yet if a Wiccan symbol can go on the headstone," said Tim Tetz, executive director of the Nevada Office of Veterans Services. "But we have determined we control the state cemetery and that we therefore have the ability to recognize him for his service to his country," he said."