Vice President Cheney says Flag Recitation with References to God, OK

Vice President Cheney stated in a speech at the Indiana War Memorial, that a September 27th Veterans Administration directive prohibiting honor guards from using references to the "God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob" and to the "Father, Son and Holy Ghost," was a mistake by the "federal bureaucracy." The Vice President said that a flag-folding recitation with religious references can be part of military funerals at the nation's 125 veterans cemeteries. The September 27th order prohibited the references to God as part of the flag folding ceremony and created a storm of protest from around the country. Thousands of concerned citizens contacted the ACLJ expressing outrage over the VA's actions.

Faulting the federal bureaucracy for what he called a confusing order." The Vice President assured the American Legion that its honor guards at military funerals can include the recitation in any service where the family requests it.

We are pleased with the resolution of this matter.