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founded the Mannheim open Circle at Taylor Barracks Chapel in several years in the if it is in the regulations you have re wicca has been in the army Chap Lains handbook since the Al though i have sometimes had to remind chaplains that we in a recognized religion in the for the most the army chaplain corps has usually been very supportive and a great ally to All we have been making Howe with the recent approval from the department of veterans affairs for a grave Stone Marker Symbol of our it gives us All i am still that we pagans will never be fully accepted As part of mainstream religious society until we have an openly Pagan Congress we Are we Are school teachers and so no have met at least one of us at some whether you knew it or staff Victor Anderson logistics support area Iraq Story promotes understanding thank thank thank from the Bottom of my Little Eclectic heart Gans resist keeping the Faith to them i am a celtic deist and a practitioner of it was a breath of fresh air to see such a Well written and though tout report on a full most important was you showed that the military does recognize certain Pagan religions and listed this article will hopefully open the eyes of Many people who were and show them that not Only Are we Good peo ple who Are not the dark beings people be Lieve we but that to persecute these groups because of their religions could very Well be detrimental to their this will also help those of us who hide what we believe out of knowing we Are protected by the military is important to get out to those of the nature so they can inform their Chain of command or at least their chaplain so that the Chap Tell us what you think stars and stripes welcomes your comments on editorials and columns that Are published in the and values letters on topics of importance in the lives of our All letters must be and must include the writers address or base and Telephone please limit All letters to 300 we Reserve the right to edit letters for taste and Send your letters mail stars and stripes unit 29480 Apoate 09211 International mail stars and stripes Postrach 1330 64345 Griesheim via fax country code 0 Dan 3498395 email lain which has been very support Ive of will know How Many of us there really again you have proved you Are a paper of the who will not Bow to pressure from those whose intolerant ways would try to Stop to balance out the hate mail i know you will Here is a letter of love from one of the Many minority Reli Gions who read your paper and serve their country so that you can write what you when you staff Gioacchino Guarino Iraq but this is not a woe is me but an attack on christianity Frank i am fed up with All this politically Cor rect either support the pagans by providing them their own separate place of worship and an ability to Adver Tise or dont support them at quit sacrificing our foundation of absolute and Irre mutable truth for mans or woman futile attempt at it is doomed to Kendra Miranda Okinawa curbing illegal immigration this is in response to Bush presses sen ate gop for immigration Reform june i believe a big part of the immigration crisis could have been solved years ago by not making people born on soil Auto Matic i think one of the biggest incentives for the illegal immigrants is that they know giving birth in the automatically makes their child a they should have to show proof of citizen ship before their child can be Given a so Cial Security i know that would be an inconvenience for but one must consider what is should we just be spend ing millions to build fences around the employing More Border guards and hoping that curbs the problem or do we really want to show illegal immigrants that we mean business Denise Lambson Germany pagans dont belong in Chapel series not meant to be real in very shocked to read that pagans Are allowed to use one of the rooms in the Misawa Japan air base Chapel resist keeping the Faith to if i were attending Church in i would be this is not a matter of but a matter of spiritual Many Good things have come from respecting and valuing the differences of our military i am proud of the Way the Mili tary integrates different religions com pared to the civilian when you go to a military you might notice Many different religious symbols on its you cannot turn a House of Wor ship of the one True god into a House of worship for Many different just As we have separation of Church and state for important we also need to keep the worship of worldly things separate from the worship of heavenly Lewis puts it in easy aim at heaven and you get thrown aim at the Earth and you get i can respect pagans religious views and outlooks on history is full of exam Ples of the created being worshipped in Stead of the it is one thing to support them by giving them their own place of but a whole differ ent topic when you give pagans Access to a place in which god is your article can spin this any Way it doonesbury in response to army wives does a Dis service june in sure that All to viewers who watch this new series army wives look at it As just another soap if these shows were of actual no one would watch them because they would be not to say that an army wife life is its just to say that what they do is nothing like what is portrayed in these the producers juice up the scenes so they will Appeal to a Large after 30 years of army which included countless i never came across 1 a female lieutenant commander who stayed drunk most of the time 2 a wife who could go to the Post Exchange and buy a protective mask filter 3 twins being born in a military Hospital and then the Mother stating they died during no birth certificate and 4 a colonels wife who let her son beat the hell out of her and nothing being i dont think most people who watch to series really believe what they see in these types of regardless if they have any connections to the military or the show is for entertainment i would suggest that the letter writer just not tune in this show and watch some thing it is funny to i have the Opportunity to Point out the mistakes and laugh about James Ratcliff retired by Garry Trudeau listen i of Papas an65l fall Luau to Jotun Aho no anpwha7is an
