A link from an article on Boing Boing tells about a soldier killed in Iraq and buried in a military cemetery, but the government refuses to recognize his faith.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and its National Cemetery Administration prohibit graphics on government-furnished headstones or markers other than those they have approved as "emblems of belief." More than 30 such emblems are allowed on gravestones and makers in veterans cemeteries, from the Christian cross to the Buddhist wheel of righteousness. A symbol exists for atheists too.
Funny, they'll recognize a complete lack of faith (as they should), but not this one? An another reader brings up a good point - what about the Mason's and Orders of the Eastern Star symbols? Are they considered religious symbols?
