Top Veteran Official Joins Pentacle Debate

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By SCOTT SONNER
RENO, Nev. May 27, 2006 (AP)

Over the years, families have used religious symbols such as the Jewish Star of David, the Christian cross and the Islamic crescent and star to honor their loved ones on headstones and markers. For Sgt. Patrick Stewart's family, the symbol of choice was also from his religion: the Wiccan pentacle.

But of all the symbols and faiths recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Wicca and its emblem a circle around a five-pointed star are not among them.
The department is reviewing a request to include the symbol, but when a decision will come is unclear.