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From: "Ernest Everett Blevins" <>
Subject: [SUVCW] Flag Folding Recitations BANNED at Vet. Admin. Cemeteries
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:44:57 -0400


This is edited from a news letter I get from another group.

Federal government bans flag-folding recitations following one complaint

The U.S. government has banned the flag-folding
recitations<http://outbound.afa.net/track?type=click&mailingid=flag_102607&messageid=flag_102607&databaseid=1234&serial=1181233739&emailid= type="text/javascript">DisplayMail('alumni.cofc.edu','blevins');&userid=14600933&extra=&&&100&&&http://www.usflag.org/foldflag.html>at
all 125 national cemeteries. The banning came as the result of one
complaint! The situation is similar to that in which one person removed
prayer from schools.

This article from The Associated Press explains the situation:

*Complaints about religious content have led to a ban on flag-folding
recitations by Veterans Administration employees and volunteers at all
national cemeteries.*

*At thousands of military burials, VA volunteers have folded the American
flag 13 times and recited the significance of each fold to survivors. The
11th fold glorifies "the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob." The 12th
glorifies "God the Father, the Son and Holy Ghost."*

*Citing a need for uniformity, the National Cemetery Administration has
prohibited unpaid VA volunteers as well as employees from conducting the
recital at all 125 national cemeteries.*

*American Legion attorney Rees Lloyd calls it "another attempt by secularist
fanatics to cleanse any reference to God."*

Following one complaint, the Veterans Administration has made thisthe law of
the land. The U.S. government has bowed to pressure from one radical.

*Click here for more information from
OneNewsNow*<http://outbound.afa.net/track?type=click&mailingid=flag_102607&messageid=flag_102607&databaseid=1234&serial=1181233739&emailid= type="text/javascript">DisplayMail('alumni.cofc.edu','blevins');&userid=14600933&extra=&&&101&&&http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/10/flagfolding_recitations_for_ve.php>;
(in
original letter, the SUCW does not necessarily endorse this site)

I could not locate anything on it on the VA webpage so if someone can verify
this it would be good.


Ernie Blevins
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