U.S. Rep. learns VA cemetery won't allow God or Jesus

Houston - U.S. Representative John Culberson, R-TX, infiltrated the honor guard at the Houston VA Cemetery and learned that the cemetery director will not let honor guardsmen use the words "God" or "Jesus" in funeral rituals without first clearing it with the grieving families of the veterans.

He phoned his finding to Radio KSEV today to let his concerns be aired, and called for the immediate ouster of the cemetery director by "zeroing out" her salary in the committee he chairs which controls the purse strings for the VA.

The practice has become the subject of federal litigation in U.S. District Court.

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