What do you think of the woman and her church protesting at the soldier's funeral?
490202
Its interesting that apparently even liberals are appalled at the imbeciles actions.  I guess it's another case of only they can draw the line indicating what is rightly considered outrageous behavior.  \n\nI think this woman, Cindy Sheehan and every other "protester" who openly gives support to the enemy are identical.  They are a walking, breathing insult not only to those who soldiers who have died, but to all those who have ever served this country as well.\n\nThe behavior of this obviously sick moron and the rest of the "church" members is as self centered, overtly disrespectful, and disgusting as I have ever seen.\n\nI haven't been to church in 20 years and people like her are EXACTLY the reason why.
717293
i cant judge them because i have not lost a child to war.  i cannot even imagine what they must be feeling.  i think they should have the right to protest and have their children remembered.  however having said that their children knew they could be called to serve in war time when they joined.  my guy is in the army and i would be lost in life without him but i am realistic that it could happen any day when he is deployed.  the fear of losing your soldier is unreal so i cant imagine the pain of it.
182254
Such a kind and unselfish question arouses hostility, insult and religious disturbance.\n\nWhat happened to all the Love?\n\nIt is not in my usual manner to pray, but I will do so tonight.  \nI will pray for the boys AND girls sacrificing in honor of our Great Nation. \nI will also pray, not for impossible "peace on earth", but for open eyes, open hearts, open minds.\n\nThe Church Lady was merely asking a question, not attacking.  No need to defend yourselves.\n\nOh, and Church dude, I will have thoughts of you in that dress as well. :)
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First, not EVERY church preaches exactly the same way, so it is silly to bulk them all together.\n\nSecond, this is still a country that values freedom, including freedom of religion.  Banning the church from being involved in any aspect of life is both unconstitutional and offensive.\n\nThird, it is clear that you've never served in the armed forces in a life or death situation.  People who face death daily are far more likely to seek guidance from clergy.  Barring access to clergy for someone in that circumstance is unthinkable.
960684
Not at all.  There was a recent case of this in Africa, with her sentence (being buried to the neck and stoned) being "reconsidered" because of the international reaction.  Other behaviors have been protested, too.  The South American custom of a man murdering his divorced wife if she starts to date again, and calling it a matter of "honor".  Indian women being burned in a "cooking accident" because the dowry didn't come through.  Why should Muslims be given a pass?  They just convicted a man in Georgia for cutting his daughter's clitoris off with a pair of scissors in order to be sure she remained "good".  He may protest his sentence, but she'll suffer longer than he will.  This isn't ethnocentricity.  It's an ability to empathize with a person who suffers.  Those without the ability to empathize aren't faithful to any religion; they're merely psychopaths.
1047237
It is the Communist News Network. They are incapable of having any American patriotism showing. I too think it is a shame that we have have 2 soldiers beheaded & the big news is an old story about what a few Marines were suppose to do, charging them does not make it a new or bigger story than torturing our brave soldiers. Shame on all Americans not mourning the death of our soldiers by torture.\n\nCindy Sheehan leading the protest against President Bush today in another country is her shame not his. Maybe she should find time in the next year to see  or pay for her son's gravesite - it has been over 2 years since she has been to it. As a mother of a soldier, I can see her grief. NOT! She is an attention wanter & nothing else, just like the Communist News Network (CNN)
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My gut reaction was of course we should, but then to be honest, I'm tired of having to pussy foot around the religious sensibilities of others, I really believe that if someone cannot tolerate the tradition of free speech in this country then they really should not have come here. I am especially annoyed by those people that flee to Britain because they are persecuted in their own country then they try to force their own intolerant attitudes on us.
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I think she's gone crazy.\n\nOk yes I understand that she lost her Son and I don't blame her for being upset.\n\nBut she needs to realize that her Son was not drafted into the service, her Son chose to join the service.\n\nThe late Casey Sheehan knew as do all Soldiers that they could get sent into a War Zone, when you are in the service you are going to go wherever Uncle Sam assigns you to go War or no War.\n\nSome soldiers who wanna be sent to War are not getting sent to War for example because Uncle Sam has other assignments for them.\n\nA Soldier I knew died on a Military base in 1996 (this Soldier never got sent to War).\n\nHis Divorced Parents were saddened by his death but they did not yell at Clinton who was President at the time for the death.\n\nInstead they embraced his life, sos did his siblings (one of whom got a personalized plate with his rank and last name on it in his honor).\n\nCindy Sheehan got to meet with Bush once already and I really have to wonder if she got her wish to meet with Bush a 2nd time would she stop her War protests or would she continue them?\n\nFurthermore she nowadays refers to the Soldiers as Terrorists, if that were true then wouldn't her own Son have been a Terrorist and isn't she referring to her Son as such?\n\nCindy Sheehan, look I am sorry that your Son died and I thank him for fighting for your freedom and mine, won't you do the same?\n\nYour Son died defending your right to do what you are doing, when you call his comrades terrorists you are calling your own Son a Terrorist.\n\nA great deal of the soldiers who died made a dying wish that we stay the course and keep on fighting, did Casey have the same dying wish? I honestly do not know but let's ask ourselves what if it was his dying wish?\n\nIf it was then Cindy should be ashamed of herself for defaming her Son's dying wish if that was his dying wish.\n\nShe has already defaced the honor that Casey Sheehan so rightfully deserves.\n\nI call on my fellow Patriotic Americans to remember Casey Sheehan and what he fought for, do not let his image and honor be destroyed by his Mother.
1106653
Some are gaining a voice, now that Christianity is under open attack by peoples like the ACLU, and the left under the guise of separation of church and state.   The ACLU know full and well there is no separation of churh n state in the us constitution,  but they ignor that fact.   They know liberal judges bend and stretch the interpretation of the 2nd amendment to fit their own needs,  not the framers intent.   But that neither here nor there.   Christians are beginning to realize if we dont stand up we will lose our rights in the future.   They are being slowly chipped away at,  one right at a time.   Like the girl who graduated top of her class.   She was asked to give a speech explaining what motivated her to achieve excellence.   She gives all credit to God,  and the power to her microphone was cut.   So much for freedom of speech and freedom to worship in america,  right?
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I think you're exaggerating - the only people who feel that way about the servicemen are those wackjobs from the Westboro Baptist Church - nobody else is picketing funerals, etc.\n\nI believe, even though many of us are against the war in Iraq, we all respect and are thankful for the sacrifices that are made by the armed services personnel who are there.\n\nWe made a mistake in this country treating the vets of the Viet Nam war without respect - we have learned from that shameful attitude which is a low moment in our country's history. I don't believe we will ever again confuse the conflict with the warriors,the westboro baptist church, notwithstanding.\n\nedited to add: LOL does the poster above truly think that LIBERALS are the people who don't know how to do an honest day's work???? LOL LOL LOL I guess he hasn't seen the lifestyles of the conservative and greedy LOL
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i think its wrong what they did because they were racist about her religeon
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I think that it is totally outrageous, and an violation of their constitutional rights to deny any serviceman or woman the right to have the accepted icon for their religion displayed on their headstone.\n\nThat having been said, I must also admit that the Government [bless it's black little heart] IS making some progress.  \n\nI have been Wiccan since 1968.  I was enlisted in the Navy between 1972 and 1976.  For those four years I found it necessary to be Buddhist.  \n\nIt was a requirement that I declare a belief system, even if it was Agnostic or Atheist ... however, they would NOT allow me to declare Wicca as my religion.  \n\nThe reason it was mandatory was so that they could put it on my dog-tags.  So that I would get the appropriate religious rites should I be killed in the defense of my country.\n\nI chose to declare Buddhism because it was the only religion on the "approved" list besides Hinduism that was not connected to the Christian/Jewish/Muslim god Yahweh/Jehovah and because Buddhism is closer to the tenents of Wicca than is Hinduism.\n\nNow, Wicca is an acceptable religion as far as the U.S. Armed Services is concerned.  There is even a "U.S. Army Chaplain's Handbook on Wicca" which informs Army Chaplain's about the basics of Wicca and gives them guidelines on how to handle things should they have to handle a Wiccan death.  \n\nI was much impressed to see that they even had a section where it informed the Chaplain's about the fact that Wiccans sometimes practice their rituals in the nude, and that the ritual knife used [the Athame] was a religious icon, not a weapon.  {The way it was phrased indicated that the M.P.'s were encountering a religious ritual, not a naked nut with a knife}.\n\nIt must logically follow that if a religion is accepted as valid for dog-tags and that the U.S. Army is printing guides for its Chaplain's on how to handle the last rites, etc., then the serviceman or woman must be allowed to display the accepted icon for their religion on their headstone.\n\nSo, things are changing, though slowly.  It is only right and proper that it should change - because you are totally, one hundred percent correct when you noted that the U.S. Government is denying Servicemen and women their Constitutional right to freedom of religion by adhering to the puritanical, christian oriented structure that has been in place for so long.
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thank you very much for clearing this up to many christians. i myself am MUSLIM and im proud =]. but Roxton P has no right to say that about sayidna mohammad{pbuh}. but then agian i never get offended because at the end of the day its the non-muslims i feel sorry for. due to the fact they think their religion is above all the rest . little did they know{ islam } is taking over and thats whats frustrating Roxton P!!!
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I don't think that it's a religious policy that women don't fight directly in war.  I've asked the men that I serve with, and all of them say that most men would be worried about protecting the women and do things that they weren't ordered to or that might jeopardize the mission.  While I don't quite accept that answer, I haven't heard any others.\n\nIt sounds like the woman who emailed your pastor is trying to use something made up of whole cloth (a lie) to support her position against the war.  It's okay if she's against the war; that's her right.  But although the Christian Bible says "thou shalt not kill," I don't remember from the readings I did as a child that it ever said anything about women not fighting in a war.  And there have been plenty of people that go against that particular rule, so I don't know why she's complaining about one war when she probably hasn't cared about murders in her own city, etc.
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unfortunately these kind of things happen, In your place I would be offended also, I feel for you, and am sorry for the loss, it is hard to get over things like this. The only thing I can say is try not to dwell, I know it is easy to say and another to do, but If it will make you feel better you can go infront of the church. And again I am sorry for your loss!
1101018
This is completely asinine!  It's absolutely disrespectful of the families, and completely uncalled for.  Homosexuality isn't tolerated at all in either of the two societies that are at war and to imply that it is, is nothing more than hate-mongering.  To do it at a funeral, especially a soldiers funeral, is asinine.
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All those of us with any interest in world affairs knows the answer to your question - WE WATCH THE NEWS ON TV. There, you get PICTURES of what she wore, as well as the pictures of her being smothered all over the papers today, only this time moaning because her dress (to avoid upsetting the muslims) covered over the POPPY, WHICH HAS INSULTED ALL THE BRITISH EX- AND CURRENT SERVICEMEN. \nDON'T WORRY ABOUT THE BRITISH SERVICEMEN DEAR, JUST MAKE SURE YOU DON'T UPSET THE BLOODY MUSLEMS - AGAIN AND AGAIN WE HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF T H E M  -- DON'T WORRY ABOUT US ! ! !