Honoring Pagan fallen on Memorial Day


	Honoring Pagan fallen on Memorial Day

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5-26-2009 11:02 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b31d5f86-3515-47f2-9a29-365b10826814/57427400-10C6-401E-8F69-07E944345418/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.examiner.com/x-10569-Minneapolis-Paganism-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Honoring-Pagan-fallen-on-Memorial-Day" href="http://www.examiner.com/x-10569-Minneapolis-Paganism-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Honoring-Pagan-fallen-on-Memorial-Day" style="font-size: 11px;">www.examiner.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-10569-Minneapolis-Paganism-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Honoring-Pagan-fallen-on-Memorial-Day"><P> Sgt. Jason A. Schumann was killed May 19, 2007 when a bomb exploded near his vehicle in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. He is bured at Fort Snelling cemetery, where his headstone is marked with a pentacle. Sgt. Schumann was a Pagan.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-10569-Minneapolis-Paganism-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Honoring-Pagan-fallen-on-Memorial-Day"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.examiner.com/img/886E4B9A-A994-45BD-A777-52A864A1263B" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-10569-Minneapolis-Paganism-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Honoring-Pagan-fallen-on-Memorial-Day">The right for Pagans soldiers and veterans to have the pentacle inscribed on their headstones and memorials was one fought for very hard by Pagan communities throughout the country over the course of several years.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-10569-Minneapolis-Paganism-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Honoring-Pagan-fallen-on-Memorial-Day">It was an example of such blatant religious discrimination on the VA's part that, notably, Pagans fighting for the pentacle on soldier's grave markers were also roundly supported by non-Pagans in their effort.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-10569-Minneapolis-Paganism-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Honoring-Pagan-fallen-on-Memorial-Day">This issue also brought with it a realization in the community of how American Paganisms, and the people who practice it, are shifting demographically.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.examiner.com/x-10569-Minneapolis-Paganism-Examiner~y2009m5d23-Honoring-Pagan-fallen-on-Memorial-Day">celebrating a hard-won right also brings with it the acknowledgment of the growing number of Pagan military folks and the sacrifices that they are making in order for this and other rights to be upheld. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/57427400-10C6-401E-8F69-07E944345418/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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