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| VA chapels remove faith-specific symbols |
| 2008-02-09 |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #6 Some things would need to be brought in, Anonymoose. I doubt people would store a Torah scroll in a VA chapel's locker, for example. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-02-09 23:18 |
| #5 I see two choices for muslims, 1 use the aisles, or 2 STAY OUT. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-02-09 19:02 |
#4 When individuals enter to pray, there are just pews... And just how are Muslims expected to grind their foreheads into the concrete?! |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2008-02-09 17:03 |
| #3 All the VA is probably doing is installing some cabinets with locks on them for particular denominations. When individuals enter to pray, there are just pews, but when a particular denomination requests the chapel for an hour or two, it can quickly place its symbols about, then when done, return them to their cabinet. On the plus side, this means that the chapel can, when decorated, actually have *more* religious symbols for a particular group than a "generic" chapel, since they don't have to lug their special stuff with them--they can store them in their cabinet. (And it also means that a lot less of their stuff, like candlesticks and crosses, gets stolen, which does happen.) |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-02-09 16:45 |
| #2 So what are they going to do with all those VA cemeteries with obvious Christian indicators? Not good enough in life,, but ok in the after? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-02-09 16:13 |
| #1 since they are multi-denominational, I guess this was necessary in our PC world. First time they try to install a footbath or segregated areas for women, they should get a riflebutt to the head |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-09 15:18 |