In Friday's blog post I made mention of tonight's public hearing about the town of Royalton's plan to regulate private burial.
I will be unable to attend the hearing, but have submitted my comment to the town. Here it is...
There’s little more sacred to any man than family and home. There exists a special love - an eternal love – for them.
In life, that love is shared.
In death, the love lives on and there is nothing becomes more sacred to his family than his body.
The family wants a proper burial and a forever resting place that meets that man’s wishes and makes him accessible to their ongoing expression of love. Some men so much love family and home that they want to be laid to rest near the loved ones, and on their beloved home grounds.
Why should he be prevented from freely expressing that love for all eternity by being denied the natural right to be buried on his own property?
That is obviously the point of Royaltons’ attempt to manage – even prevent - private burials. Why over-regulate something that occurs so rarely in our town, while penalizing the interested parties with an unconscionable $10,000 trust fund?
What family can afford that? And why should they have to?
When that farm or land is passed on to the next generation it is their solemn duty to maintain the land accordingly…they don’t need some overbearing public entity telling them how, or forcing the finance of their efforts beyond reason.
Will the law affect anyone? Very few.
But, there are people in our community – me among them – who seriously consider their burial in their beautiful family farms that are long held by the generations before them and the generations that will follow. That may be old-fashioned, but it’s a timeless in its nature and intent.
That love for home, family and community should be honored accordingly with the liberty to choose one’s burial site. Consider this: Free markets – NOT government – have caused people to choose burial in public cemeteries for decades. So, we should continue to keep government out of people’s personal business…let them decide.
I strongly ask that the town of Royalton NOT pass the proposed local law and allow people to be buried on their hallowed home grounds, free of onerous laws, huge trust funds, and, worst of all, the evil exhumation of anyone who dare chooses home over cemetery.
Please, do not destroy the sanctity of love that comes with home burial. We live a brief life on this Earth, let us choose to honor that gift with burial at a private site that brought such joy to us.
I will be unable to attend the hearing, but have submitted my comment to the town. Here it is...
There’s little more sacred to any man than family and home. There exists a special love - an eternal love – for them.
In life, that love is shared.
In death, the love lives on and there is nothing becomes more sacred to his family than his body.
The family wants a proper burial and a forever resting place that meets that man’s wishes and makes him accessible to their ongoing expression of love. Some men so much love family and home that they want to be laid to rest near the loved ones, and on their beloved home grounds.
Why should he be prevented from freely expressing that love for all eternity by being denied the natural right to be buried on his own property?
That is obviously the point of Royaltons’ attempt to manage – even prevent - private burials. Why over-regulate something that occurs so rarely in our town, while penalizing the interested parties with an unconscionable $10,000 trust fund?
What family can afford that? And why should they have to?
When that farm or land is passed on to the next generation it is their solemn duty to maintain the land accordingly…they don’t need some overbearing public entity telling them how, or forcing the finance of their efforts beyond reason.
Will the law affect anyone? Very few.
But, there are people in our community – me among them – who seriously consider their burial in their beautiful family farms that are long held by the generations before them and the generations that will follow. That may be old-fashioned, but it’s a timeless in its nature and intent.
That love for home, family and community should be honored accordingly with the liberty to choose one’s burial site. Consider this: Free markets – NOT government – have caused people to choose burial in public cemeteries for decades. So, we should continue to keep government out of people’s personal business…let them decide.
I strongly ask that the town of Royalton NOT pass the proposed local law and allow people to be buried on their hallowed home grounds, free of onerous laws, huge trust funds, and, worst of all, the evil exhumation of anyone who dare chooses home over cemetery.
Please, do not destroy the sanctity of love that comes with home burial. We live a brief life on this Earth, let us choose to honor that gift with burial at a private site that brought such joy to us.
