{"id":4654,"date":"2011-07-22T23:46:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-23T03:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4654"},"modified":"2011-07-22T20:43:47","modified_gmt":"2011-07-23T00:43:47","slug":"congressman-goes-undercover-says-hell-fire-va-official-who-forbids-jesus-at-houston-funerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/congressman-goes-undercover-says-hell-fire-va-official-who-forbids-jesus-at-houston-funerals","title":{"rendered":"Undercover Congressman catches VA forbidding &#8220;Jesus&#8221; at Houston funerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Congressman John Culberson from Houston went undercover at a Veterans Administration funeral \u2014 dark sunglasses and all &#8212; as KTRH NewsRadio 740 followed.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0is one of several Texas lawmakers upset by accusations that Houston National Cemetery Director Arleen Ocasio won\u2019t let veterans use \u201cGod\u201d or \u201cJesus\u201d during military services.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican says he\u2019ll use his position on a House Appropriations sub-committee to force Ocasio to step down.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/06\/va-cemetery-defies-judge-bans-religious-words-from-services.html\">CLICK HERE to read about judge that ruled\u00a0cemetery cannot\u00a0censor prayers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Culberson says he confirmed with his on-site visit that has Ocasio closed the chapel and uses it for storage, and that she continues to require grieving widows to confirm that they want the word \u201cGod\u201d in their ceremonies \u2014 as they are walking out of a limousine to the burial ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Culberson claims that it is within his powers to eliminate the funding for Arleen Ocasio\u2019s position and that he will do just that. In fact, he doesn\u2019t want her working anywhere in the state of Texas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/god-still-banned-from-veterans-funerals-in-texas\/\">CLICK HERE to read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Congressman John Culberson from Houston went undercover at a Veterans Administration funeral \u2014 dark sunglasses and all &#8212; as KTRH NewsRadio 740 followed. He\u00a0is one of several Texas lawmakers upset by accusations that Houston National Cemetery Director Arleen Ocasio won\u2019t let veterans use \u201cGod\u201d or \u201cJesus\u201d during military services. 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