skullaria wrote:

Decius wrote:

"BARNEVELD, Wis. — With an estimated 400,000 members nationwide, and a high-profile fight with the federal government over veterans' grave markers, Wiccans are moving into a more prominent place in the religious landscape.

I'm not sure why this had to turn into a lawsuit given the current diversity of allowed symbols.

Because the VA has refused to allow the pentagram, which is the one symbol that most pagans revere and agree on.

Yes, I know that. What I meant was that I don't understand why the VA would go to court rather then add the symbol to their list given the current diversity of the list as is. They allow a lot of symbols. Why won't they allow this one, too. Your alternative interpretation of what I wrote seems to have me saying "why would pagans bother to sue when they could pick symbols from so many different religions." That obviously doesn't make any sense, as pagans would prefer their religion's symbol.

RE: Goal of Lawsuit for Wicca: Acceptance