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War Widow Wins Fight For Wiccan Symbol
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 15, 2006 02:08pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Media | TV News - Columbia Broadcasting System CBS News |
| News Date | Thursday, September 14, 2006 08:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan won state approval Wednesday to place a Wiccan religious symbol on his memorial plaque, something the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs had refused.
"I'm honored and ecstatic. I've been waiting a year for this," Roberta Stewart said from her home in Fernley, about 30 miles east of Reno.
Sgt. Patrick Stewart, 34, was killed in Afghanistan last September when a rocket-propelled grenade struck his helicopter. Four others also died. Stewart was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
He was a follower of the Wiccan religion, which the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs does not recognize and therefore prohibits on veterans' headstones in national cemeteries. |
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