We Oppose the Fallen Hero
Commemoration Act (HR6662)
Who could oppose a bill called the Fallen
Hero Commemoration Act?
We can.
Under the current laws and regulations,
when an American serviceman is killed in
action his or her next of kin have the
final say over whether or not the press
is allowed to be present at the military
base when the casket arrives back
home.
While some family members of our departed
heroes are generously willing to share
such private and tragic moments and allow
members of the press to enter a military
base or photograph the casket as it
leaves the plane while the family is
coming to terms with their loss, most do
not.
Most families, as was the case with Sgt.
Alex Jimenez, see this as an invasion of
privacy and request (as is their right)
private time with their deceased family
member.
While they are fully prepared for the
onslaught of photographers and reporters
at the public processions that usually
follow the arrival of a fallen
serviceman, they prefer to have some
private time on the military base when
their loved one arrives before the
pressure of such publicity begins.
Now, House Bill 6662 is making it’s
way though congress and is laughingly
called the Fallen Hero Commemoration Act.
This piece of legislation, if passed,
would strip away the families’ right
to exclude members of the press from
military bases when the bodies of
servicemen arrive back home.
We are confused as to how a law can
commemorate the honorable service and
sacrifice of our fallen heroes by
spitting in the face of their family
members and forcing them to deal with the
press and the public at the most tragic
and emotionally vulnerable moments of
their lives.
We believe that this decision should be
left to those grieving families and not
to the politicians in Washington with
political motivation; or members of the
press who have plenty of other
opportunities to photograph and report on
public funerals, parade processions, and
other public services for our military
heroes after their bodies are returned
home.
We urge our readers to contact their
congressman and to express their
opposition to the deceitfully-named
Fallen Hero Commemoration Act (HR 6662)
and support the privacy of our fallen
heroes, their families and the ones they
love.
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