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To: Brumar89 who wrote (168189)	8/7/2011 5:06:30 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 544341

some people say what you say, other people say this: "The lawsuit's claims are factually inaccurate, argues assistant U.S. attorney Fred Hinrichs in the 21-page document filed Friday in Houston's federal courthouse. Ocasio and other cemetery employees never banned religious words such as God and Jesus, do not censor the content of prayer or religious speech from burial services, do not require written approval for religious rituals, and are not engaged in unlawful religious discrimination, according to the document. "In every instance, defendants have sought to honor and respect the religious preferences, if any, of the families of deceased veterans during private committal services," the document reads. Houston National Cemetery employees give families the option of reciting any religious or non-religious text they choose at burial services, the document explains, and do not provide any religious or non-religious text when it is not desired by the families." You tend to believe the folks you are citing, I tend to believe the other folks, and neither one of us is a position to actually know. It is even possible that the whole thing is a result of a misunderstanding on the part of one or more of the involved principals, and everyone is acting in good faith. We'll have to wait and see what the results of the investigation are.