John Hames shared with you:   Veterans Affairs Bans Christmas Cards to Troops over Religious Content conservativebyte.com - I bet you could send them a Happy Ramadan card! Check it out: According to the Liberty Institute, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is refusing to allow school children to give Christmas cards to veterans if those cards say "Merry Christmas" or "God bless you." Religious liberty lawyers have sent the VA a letter demanding they immediately lift the ban.  CONSERVATIVEBYTE.COM12 Hours Ago Veterans Affairs Bans Christmas Cards to Troops over Religious Content Posted on December 24, 2013 by Conservative Byte I bet you could send them a Happy Ramadan card! Check it out: According to the Liberty Institute, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is refusing to allow school children to give Christmas cards to veterans if those cards say "Merry Christmas" or "God bless you." Religious liberty lawyers have sent the VA a letter demanding they immediately lift the ban. Susan Chapman is a teacher at Grace Academy of North Texas and, at a parent's suggestion, organized a project for students to take cards to wounded military veterans to thank them and cheer them up during the holidays. She attempted to deliver those cards to a VA hospital in Dallas on Dec. 22. However, VA staff reportedly stopped her when she entered the facility, telling her that gifts or messages with religious content were not permitted by VA policy. "It is so sad that the VA is sending a message to our children that after all the veterans have done to fight for freedom across the world, the children have no freedom to say Merry Christmas to these honorable men and women," Chapman said. Continue Reading on www.breitbart.com ... View Original Webpage Available on the App Store.

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