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I think they should change the rules.

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Posted by: barry2952

I think they should change the rules. This woman gave up her son for our freedom.

From CNN.

Woman Drops Bid to Become Gold Star Mother

YONKERS, N.Y. (AP) - A Yonkers woman has dropped her bid to become a Gold Star Mother. Ligaya Lagman was denied acceptance by the organization of mothers who have lost sons and daughter in combat because she is not a U.S. citizen.

Bob Foster of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Eastchester tells the Journal News that Lagman is shaken up by all the attention she has gotten and she wants to stay on the sidelines. But she wants to see the rules changed so other mothers are not turned down like she was.

Lagman came to the United States from the Philippines in 1983. She is a permanent resident but not a citizen. Foster says she is busy caring for her husband, who is seriously ill. Lagman's son, Anthony, was killed in a firefight in Afghanistan last year at age 26.

Veterans and politicians, among others, called for American Gold Star Mothers to change its policy to allow noncitizen mothers of fallen soldiers into the organization, after reports that Lagman had been excluded from the group.

The Gold Star's national monument is being built in Putnam County.

Posted by: pepperman

They should change the rules.

Posted by: eL eS

I agree. If a parent or parents can pass a backgound check they citizenship if their son or daughter lost thier life in a combat zone while serving in th US Armed forces. Further, the gold star should be presented to this woman.

Posted by: MonsterMark

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Originally Posted by pepperman

They should change the rules.