However, since the collective enshrinement and its application proceeded without an agreement with the bereaved family like in the prewar period, a situation once developed where the Christian wife of a self-defense official who died on duty (other family members all agreed with the collective enshrinement) asked for compensation or the like for religious human rights violations.
が、戦前と同様合祀・合祀申請ともに遺族の同意を一切求めず行われるため、クリスチャンである殉職自衛官の妻が（他の遺族は全員賛成）、宗教的人格権を侵害されたとして損害賠償等を請求する事態に発展したことがある。