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One of the 10 Commandments is "Thou shalt not kill." The Commandments don't list exceptions to the rules.
As a Catholic, he has to confess and ask for forgiveness. It's really part of his religion.
Does anyone tell you how to practice your religion?
He put the sticker on HIS truck which I think he is entitled to do. This country allows for freedom of speech and religion.
That's how I see it, too.
I don't think that he is complaining about what he had to do...he is repenting for something he did as a loyal soldier for his country that goes against the teachings of his religion.
He isn't calling the war unjust or criticizing the establishment - in his own words as quoted in that article, he did what he felt he had to do.
A decal is a bit tacky, but maybe he got tired of everyone targeting him with their opinions and decided to just put it out there for everyone to see?
To all that have not had to kill.......this man killed so that we would not
have to. No easy task to kill. I was very lucky that I did not have to.
Korea ened right after I enlisted...
I have asked some men that I know who did the same as STG. M. CONZALEZ... No pleasant memories there.
To STG. M. CONZALEZ.....THANK YOU MY BROTHER FOR CARRYING MY
BURDEN.....I KNOW THAT GOD HAS FORGIVEN YOU WITHOUT YOUR ASKING.
TO TAKE SUCH A BURDEN ON IS MORE THAN COMEMABLE... ONCE AGAIN
STG...THANK YOU , AND WELCOME HOME MY BROTHER....
LOVE THE U.S.A.
P.S.
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Wow, I've seen some bumper stickers with much "worse" than that on them, colorful language-wise, too. And who really knows (or cares to wonder) who the driver is?
How'd somebody like to be a President? Ever see some of those doozies regarding (recent/present) presidents? Wonder how the first families (including the kids) feel when they see bumper stickers when they're out and about? Or on their ways to school?
I'm not saying I despise them or anything. But everybody's game.
I just laugh at the witty, more creative bumper stickers & ignore the lamer ones anyway. There are bigger issues to worry about out there for these folks complaining about this soldier... like people never utilizing turn signals!!
Wow, I've seen some bumper stickers with much "worse" than that on them, colorful language-wise, too. And who really knows (or cares to wonder) who the driver is?
My personal favorite is "I Brake for Hallucinations."
BAKERSFIELD, Calif -- A local soldier is speaking out after the decal he put on the back of his truck caused some people to call a local talk radio show and complain about the sticker.
Sgt. Mathew Gonzalez said his decal that reads "Lord please forgive me, I have committed sins for our freedom" is a message he created to show that as a Catholic he believes he did sin by killing someone in Iraq.
The bumper sticker is incorrect. If he did kill someone in Iraq, it wasn't for "our freedom".
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Stg. M. Gonzalez
