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James Reilly, USMC Ret #fundie chattanoogan.com

I am proud to have served my country for 20 years as a United States Marine. It greatly disturbs me to know that when I am laid to rest in the National Cemetery, my family will have the option of having a pentacle (five pointed star emblem of Wicca - Witchcraft) placed on my headstone but they will not have the option of placing silk flowers on my grave for six months out of every year because the National Cemetery is viewed as a “shrine" and the artificial flowers are said to detract from that image.

What is the next step? Will witches be allowed to conduct their rituals on the grounds of our national cemeteries? Why is it that we have to become politically correct in every facet of our life and now every facet of our death? The local newspaper stated that Wicca is a "nature based religion" (occult) and the points on the star represent earth, air, water, fire. Where is God? As in "God, corps, country, family" (Marine Corps philosophy).

When do we, as American veterans, stand up and say "enough is enough?" Let me be the first United States Marine/military veteran to stand up and say "enough is enough" and I hope others follow suit with their convictions and do not bow down to political correctness.

Semper Fidelis
James Reilly, USMC Ret
Hixson

Jenna #racist chattanoogan.com

Excerpts: Mrs. Griffin said she decided to stop by the Hispanic grocery Carniceria Los
Primos after attending a County Commission meeting. She said she noticed a 14"x12" inch cloth Mexican flag on the window.

She said, "It made me very angry, and I grabbed it. When you come to the U.S. you have to become an American. You can't flaunt your culture on us."

Mrs. Griffin said she took the flag to a rally at Morristown against illegal immigrants. She said she later turned it over to police.

(her victims disappeared, so the case was dropped, then, she said)

Mrs. Griffin said she does not know where the two operators of an Hispanic store at Main and Market in Dayton have gone. "I hope they are at the bottom of the river. They caused me a lot of grief," she said.

She said, "I praise God in this. I give Him all the glory. It has really been a wonderful experience."