Once again...If you have a set of rules

[Gato_Solo]

Should they be changed for every occasion? If the rules are public knowledge, then I'd say no, but, since they are not public knowledge, in this case I would say yes.

 

[A.B.Normal]

but, since they are not public knowledge, in this case I would say yes.

They knew before she applied she would be denied though.

Lagman's application was initiated by Ben Spadaro (search), a veteran from Yonkers, who said he learned about the citizenship rules of the American Gold Star Mothers (search) while working on a national cemetery committee of the Veterans Administration. When he learned of Anthony Lagman's death and saw Lagman was a citizen but his mother was not, he thought, "He's buried in a military cemetery, with full honors. She should be able to join."

"We decided to tell the absolute truth on the application," he said. "We put down, `I am not an American citizen.' It was a ploy to get them to reject her, and then we said they should change the rules."

 

[unclehobart]

If its a private institution, let them set and live by their own rules. Its up to them to take the accompanied fallout.

In my gut, its a wrong... but by the charter of the organization, quite correct.