To: Sam who wrote (168159 ) 8/7/2011 4:51:34 PM From: Brumar89 Read Replies (1) | Respond to The Houston suit is not based on lies. When the VA attempted to censor a planned Memorial Day prayer, the minister went to court and a federal judge ordered the VA to back off. "While respecting people of every faith today, it is in the name of Jesus Christ, the risen Lord, that I pray. Amen." That was the only reference to Jesus in the prayer.Hughes slapped down the agency on Thursday, saying it can't stop a pastor from using the words "Jesus Christ" in his Memorial Day invocation at Houston National Cemetery."The government cannot gag citizens when it says it is in the interest of national security, and it cannot do it in some bureaucrat's notion of cultural homogeneity," Hughes wrote in his order, granting the Rev. Scott Rainey's motion for the court to intercede. "The right to free expression ranges from the dignity of Abraham Lincoln's speeches to Charlie Sheen's rants." .... patriotactionnetwork.com The groups claim VA officials in Houston require veterans’ families to submit prayers for approval from the government, instruct funeral homes not to present the option of prayer to veterans’ families and tell volunteers to remove “God Bless” from condolence cards to grieving families . http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/080111-veterans-groups-sue-over-religious-hostility-at-funerals#ixzz1UNWLJLO1
