Bigotry

Wicca:

RENO, Nev. -- Nevada officials are pressing the Department of Veteran Affairs to allow the family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan to place a Wiccan symbol on his headstone.

Roberta Stewart looks at the Northern Nevada Veterans memorial wall where her husband's name would have been placed, in Fernley, Nev., in this March 1, 2006, file photo. Nevada National Guard Sgt. Patrick Stewart was killed in Afghanistan in September and his widow is still fighting to have their religion, Wicca, recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs for use on his memorial plaque.

Federal officials so far have refused to grant the requests of the family of Sgt. Patrick Stewart, 34, who was killed in Afghanistan last September when the Nevada Army National Guard helicopter he was in was shot down.

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The Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration allows only approved emblems of religious beliefs on government headstones. Over the years, it has approved more than 30, including symbols for the Tenrikyo Church, United Moravian Church and Sikhs. There's also an emblem for atheists _ but none for Wiccans.

Yes, it's true: We all have the right to worship Jesus in our own way.


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