@mlarrabee: A family does not have to agree to it. It isn't their property to begin with (at least in the nation I live in Cemeteries are run by the municipalities parks department, and you sign a lease).
You also cannot please everyone. No matter how harmless things might seem, there is someone who will disagree with it. When those minority opinions take precedence then it will only send a message that their opinion matters more than the majority.
The reality though, is that you say Party, but the city I live in has one of these every Halloween and it is more of a gathering than anything else. Though I have never been to one myself, it's never been a case of bringing out the DJ and luring a bunch of drunk teens out to get smashed. It is put on by the local Alliance Church (christian), they decorate the place, have local historians put on a tour of famous residents (Train robber Billy Miner for example) and it ends up with Hot Chocolate and snacks. There is no real disrespect going on.
Like I said before, if someone is not a fan of that practice, they can protest and hope they raise enough of a stink to change things. If they cannot change peoples minds on the subject then they can pay to have the corpse exhumed and placed somewhere else. If people do not care enough to stop this, and this offended family cannot afford to have the corpse exhumed then they are fucked. They have to deal with it, or start saving up money.
@theht said:
You have to be religious to respect the dead?
No, but in our community, the only people who care enough to protest are the local Catholics.
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