{"id":719,"date":"2006-09-14T15:17:00","date_gmt":"2006-09-14T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=719"},"modified":"2006-09-14T15:17:00","modified_gmt":"2006-09-14T15:17:00","slug":"wiccan-soldiers-plaque-to-show-pentagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=719","title":{"rendered":"Wiccan soldier’s plaque to show pentagram"},"content":{"rendered":"

The memorial plaque for Sgt. Patrick Stewart, who died in Afghanistan, will display a Wiccan pentagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[Nevada] state officials said they had received a legal opinion from the Nevada attorney general’s office that concluded federal officials have no authority over state veterans’ cemeteries. They now plan to have a contractor construct a plaque with the Wiccan pentacle – a circle around a five-pointed star – to be added to the Veterans’ Memorial Wall in Fernley.<\/em><\/p>\n

So this decision does not apply across the country, just in Nevada, but it’s a step forward.<\/p>\n

Tags: Wicca<\/a>, veterans<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The memorial plaque for Sgt. Patrick Stewart, who died in Afghanistan, will display a Wiccan pentagram. [Nevada] state officials said they had received a legal opinion from the Nevada attorney general’s office that concluded federal officials have no authority over state veterans’ cemeteries. 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