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ZephyrWiccan
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04-18-2010 6:16 PM


Nice to see progress is being made in this country, at least in the armed forces (it was about three years ago - will be exactly three years on the 23rd that the Veterans Admin. made the decision to allow us (Wiccans like me who served our country in the armed forces) to put symbols of our faith on our tombstones.
Hopefully other branches will follow the Air force.
Here's the link to the story: Air Force Academy creates worship area for pagans, Druids, Wiccans
Here's the article:
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The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs is establishing a worship area for followers of Earth-centered religions -- Wiccans, Druids, witches, pagans -- on a hill overlooking the campus, the USAFA says.
The chief of the academy has made religious tolerance a priority after 2004 a survey of cadets found instances of harassment, the Air Force Times reports.
On the school's Website, public affairs Staff Sgt. Don Branum says the new area, featuring a circle of stone formed by inner and outer rings, will join other worship areas on campus for Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims and Buddhists.
Tech. Sgt. Brandon Longcrier, who became a Pagan after joining the academy, worked with the chapel to create the new site and asked the public to "treat it as you would any other religious structure."
"There really haven't been any obstacles for the new circle," he said. "The chaplain's office has been 100-percent supportive."
One of the chaplains, Lt. Col. William Ziegler, said the dedication of the site should be "another example of celebrating the freedom we enjoy as well as the freedom we, as Airmen, have pledged to defend."

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