[Xani]

http://www.thepetiti...mmys-headstone/.

Thanks for any help you can give.

This post has been edited by Xani: 10 March 2011 - 05:05 AM

[Tsuji]

Disgusting how they tell people how to mourn for the dead. Stupid fuckwits.

Signed.

[Vigilous]

Sorry to see you back here under such dire circumstances, Xani. Signed.

[treelo]

I guess you should lock the thread then. It isn't all bad news though.

First of all you can't own consecrated land, you are paying for the cost of the burial and upkeep of the churchyard.

The guidelines are quite clear, took all of two minutes to find a copy of them, and also how to properly appeal against the decision. Take it up with the Chancellor of the Diocese, which will no doubt involve further cost and stress. I wouldn't hold your breath though.

I could go on, and on, but I won't. They are completely justified in their actions however, and have done nothing wrong in telling them to remove a headstone not meeting their standards. Those rules are there for a reason, and for once I'm with the church on this one.

[Banter]

RELIGION, LOL

[MrReinhardt]

unless they entered a contract or written agreement that specified the date of when a headstone would be approved/added, not much can be done.

[Xani]

Thanks Tsuji, Vig

[Banter]

I'm going to sign this petition, and then I'm going to write a letter to this church to inform them that you are getting signatures from untrustworthy sources and people who don't even believe in religion.

[treelo]

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untrustworthy sources

They've been using the Bible as a basis for their religion for nearly two thousand years, somehow I doubt this will bother them. I suggest you sign any letter you send them with "God" or "The Holy Ghost" if you want them to take it seriously, they're the only credible sources of information.

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unless they entered a contract or written agreement that specified the date of when a headstone would be approved/added, not much can be done.

Not even an issue, the headstone breaks practically every regulation they could throw at it. The only real right you have is to be buried there, beyond that it's up to the diocese and they're exceptionally clear on the matter. They don't even have to mark your grave and you need their permission to do so. It's a shitty situation, but one that could easily have been avoided.

[pathwriter]

You're fighting uphill, Treelo. This is a deeply emotional issue, so logic goes out the door. It's very much like the constitutionally correct decision the Supreme Court leveled in favor of Westboro Baptist Church: they made the right decision, but since it involves people denigrating the dead and their families, it's not an easy pill for most people to swallow.

[Logan Draconia]

LMAO. Now it all makes sense.