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Jason Pitzl-Waters —  April 9, 2008 — 2 Comments

Darla Wynne’s Political Aspirations: Wiccan priestess Darla Kaye Wynne was not successful in her run for a seat on the Great Falls Town Council. Wynne, who famously sued the town over sectarian prayers back in 2001, garnered only 32 votes.

“A dozen candidates ran for office in this year’s town election, including a former mayor, a school resource officer and the Wiccan priestess who sued the town in 2001, claiming Great Falls violated church and state separation by using the name Jesus Christ in prayers.”

Wynne was in a three-way race for a vacated seat. Todd Smith won the seat with over 130 votes, while fellow contender Donna Bryan came in second with 61 votes. Meanwhile, speaking of Pagans running for political office, Sacramento, CA mayoral candidate Muriel Strand has a blog up espousing her views on various issues.

The Theological Necessity of Goats: The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty has filed an appeal on behalf of Jose Merced, a practitioner of Santeria who sued the city of Euless, Texas over the issue of animal sacrifice.

“Why is it okay to butcher a deer in Euless, but not a goat?” said Lori Windham, legal counsel at the Becket Fund, a Washington-based civil rights law firm that defends all religious faiths against government interference. “The issue of Santeria and animal sacrifice has already been decided by the United States Supreme Court. I’m pretty sure the Constitution of the United States still applies in Euless, Texas.”

The appeal will be heard by the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. Depending on the outcome there, it is very likely this could go to the Supreme Court. For more on this development, see the Houston Chronicle’s article on the appeal.

Vancouver Sex Cult: I originally blogged about this story way back in 2006. It involves a Pagan man who was denied a chauffeur’s permit by the Vancouver police due to unfounded accusations that he would use his position to “recruit” people into an imaginary S&M “sex cult”. Since then, the Vancouver Police Department has been trying to block the case going to a B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, a course of action that has been stuck down by the courts.

“A B.C. Human Rights Tribunal can investigate sexual practices involving “bondage, discipline and submission, sadism and masochism” to determine whether the Vancouver Police Department discriminated against a self-described pagan, the B.C. Court of Appeal says. For the past two years, the department has wasted our tax money trying to prevent the human rights watchdog from investigating a complaint from Peter Hayes, a Vancouver man refused a chauffeur’s permit. The province’s highest court said it would be wrong to interfere with the tribunal’s process at this point and that the objections of the police force were premature.”

A preliminary ruling by the Human Rights Tribunal two years ago stated the case had merit and should go forward. The VPD had argued that BDSM-activities weren’t an “orientation”, and therefore not protected by Canada’s human rights laws, a waters-muddying exercise the courts didn’t accept as valid. Hearings will now resume unless a settlement is reached.

Will Amazon Hurt Small Pagan Publishers: In a final note, news about Amazon’s move to monopolize the Print-On-Demand market (and why that is bad news for small Pagan publishers) has continued to spread. For further Pagan commentary relating to this issue, check out Lupa’s journal (particularly this post), and The Spiritual Eclectic’s Amazon-related posts.

“We have always lived by our convictions and if not submitting to the monopoly that Amazon.com is trying to create-not just over bookstores and publishers but over the entire publishing industry-means we never sell another book on Amazon.com, then so be it. We sell primarily through our websites as it is, and we will find other alternatives to Amazon.com.”

For an extensive overview of this matter, check out the WritersWeekly Amazon BookSurge Information Clearinghouse, anything you could need to know about Amazon’s coercive tactics to seize control of publishing’s “Long Tail”.

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  • Lord Reptoid

    A FULL time line explanation is in order:Questions to the public: Do you roll over and take it up the ass like most sheeple do, or stick to your guns and stand tall and proud for who you already are and fear not the reaction of confused ignorant people? Where does your fear live, or does it even exist?Imagine if this was you.1. You have a perfect driving record. 100% mark since 1986.2. You are hired by friends for professional driving service regularly and it is suggested you could become a chauffeur easily if the interest was there. Your fading “career” as a top graduate professional audio engineer from Columbia accademy who used to work along side Sarah McLachlan at Nettwerk records (killed due to peer file sharing and more and more “do it yourself at home” record labels start up every week) really has you wondering about a serious career change. (If you meet Sarah, tell her the Purple Dragon from the Solace years in “the Nett” says “HI”)3. You have a clean criminal record. I repeat, a clean criminal record.4. You are a fearless outspoken person regarding sexual oppression and publicly so. You are a lifestyle peer counselor and verbal activist, author, etc – and are well know for this all over the internet.5. You live the 24/7 TPE (Total Power Exchange) lifestyle and own slaves. All your friends know this and even those who happen to see you walking your pets on occasion in public get to witness this also, and you are proud of your life and self-awareness in your consenting relationships.6. You know through your research that humans are jealous creatures and fear makes them start wars from their OWN ignorance and stupidity, but what can you do about their problems? They have to evolve in their own terms and in their own time as individuals… but this doesn’t stop them from attacking you from taht very same place of fear anyway.7. Most humans are also abject cowards and FEAR authority rather than truly respect it, but current “authority” knows this and plays it to “the max”, fearing their own people into not just sexual opression but every variety of opression imaginable – most people are sheeple, but what can you do other than share the facts openly and deal with the “consiquences of speaking the truth openly”? All else is to opress others, which you won’t do.8. Natural dominants do not play into the games or fears of others, lifestylers or vanilla-land dwellers. They EDUCATE through sharing what they have learned about all these truths and much more and enjoy their position in nature to the fullest. Who would recognize these acts of honour other than those who were already able to recognize these acts to begin with? Do the rest of the uneducated opinions even matter? Try as you might, education is the only free will expression choice you truly have, so you press onwards for a brighter future for everyone without so much as the occasional “thank-you for what you do” between all the fear/hate mail and constant stress – the price of being yourself without fear.*** Read this portion carefully, the order of events is PRIME. ***9. You read about a job offer (what the heck, I’m perfect for the job, etc)10. You apply and are HIRED by company #1. The new boss says “Take this signed paper that you have been HIRED by us to the cops and they’ll do a final criminal record check and unless you have a warrant with your name on it you’ll be back here next week to start your schedule.”11. The first words out of cops mouth: “I’ve got a verbal complaint from an unnamed female that you are involved in some kind of sex cult called ‘Gor’ (and) is there any particular reason you are wearing black today?” (Now if that’s not obvious BS then you are clearly not thinking at all – get some help with your backbone, see a Dr)12. You explain that you are not ‘Gorean’ but openly, fearlessly explain what lifestyle, Dominance and submission, is all about providing author references and website links on the subject for their EDUCATIONAL purposes to clear the illusions about who we are as a people. You explain that your BOSS told you to wear the spiffy black uniforn and to “dress for the part” – when have you ever seen a pink or green chauffeur’s suit? You ask who this mysterious conspiracy theorist is (Gorean cult complainant) but they are “protected by the law” and are allowed to keep their job after ****ing your career over for reasons that you can only speculate about (is it a jealous ex because she was dumped and the new girl on your leash drives her crazy? Is this what “modern society” has come down to? Believe the jealous or fearful and to hell with truth and honour? Do they all hide behind masks like cowards? What is this, the internet?)13. You are handed a form/paper which has a BLANK section as to why you are being refused the VPD permit to continue working for your current employer. You ask why their information is left completely blank and they refuse to answer you with anything other than, “You’re being refused the permit – GO HOME!” You ask “If I am not under arrest and allowed to leave, then you must complete the legal reason for the rejection of my permit do you not?” (Ahem, take a clue officer, I might sue your prejudice ass and I’m handing you a free space on the chess board before I do so – be a smart boy and take it – I’m a nice fellow unless you try to **** me over – you too can learn new things about us, we are not going anywhere, nor are homosexuals, blacks, etc, all those before us who we thank for doing the same things I’m about to do for others) The officer gets up and walks away leaving you in a tiny empty little room with a camera… probably running right now, recording everything that just transpired. You know all about the Human Rights Tribunal and have other lifestylers you know who are Drs, phychologists, lawyers, as friends… you have a political forum in which to gather like minds and voices on this matter and now the very tools for change have been freely offered to you for yet another “small revolution” and it’s all on tape ready for the courts… Do you cowar away in fear and take it up the ass like “the man” says you are “supposed to do”, or do you become a man, a real leader and accept the RISK of losing a battle but also taking the opportunity to “die with honour” while bettering the lives of others, friends and family included?*** What would YOU do as a man of honour? ***Also note, the very same VPD “police force” tried to sue the HRT (Human Rights tribunal) for accepting my case as VALID (female HRT member supports my case interestingly). Cops suing human rights leagues… where have we seen that before in history, hm? Shall we let them take care of “the public” in ALL matters and affairs regarding permits the same way they “take care” of my sexuality? Nothing fascist about that action at all is there? No no, of course not – let’s all just go back to sleep now, shall we?The VPD was shot down by the MAYOR of Vancouver, former Larry Campbell, (who is a pretty awesome honourable and open minded fellow, see wikipedia for his bio)… however, since beurocracy takes months to get through I lost not one but *TWO* jobs (yes I tried the same thing again with another company and even told them WHY I was refused and they STILL hired me because I’m so honest – perhaps a little “too honest” for most to handle let alone stand next to – I admire and respect the second company for taking the “risk” of employing a Pagan lifestyler, for they are far more honourable and brave than most officers I know, based on personal experience).So having lost TWO jobs under the same clause (IE: NONE legal), I decided to act upon this dishonourable injustice and got the FULL APPROVAL of the Mayor of the city of Vancouver, obtained my permit from him directly to which I am still most thankful of course (see, education through peaceful truth-speaking DOES work) however two other fellows now have
    MY JOB and unless they kick the bucket or quit, I’m out thousands of dollars… you can see where my lawyers come into play now, can’t you?The BC Civil Liberties assoc lept at the chance to defend me in court along with the Community Legal Assistance Society along with military people I know who are also lifestylers, along with a lifestyler lawyer I know, along with… heck, you get the idea I’m sure. Every step of the way I stopped to think about this situation and was ENCOURAGED by other lifestylers to continue because it’s the right thing to do whether I “win or lose”, the very act of taking a stand and holding one’s own ground come Hell or highwater is the true act of success. Self sacrifice aside, there is honour in fearless truths – especialy the variety others fear to face. True, deep long lasting respect is earned, not given to strangers freely.It’s been THREE and a half LONG years of going back and forth – arguing over something so simple, so basic and pure – freedom of expression and lifestyle by NATURAL design. It’s taken THREE (count them, three) female supreme court justices who AGREE that the VPD is acting inproperly. The BC supreme court has told the VPD that they need to sit down, shut up and LISTEN to “our side of the story” in a FAIR HRT hearing with all of our authors and public speakers on the subject of BDSM lifestyle and natural D/s (Mastery/slavery) BEFORE they get another chance to rant about their senseless fears of “sex cult leaders recruiting Masters and slaves into some kind of sick and twisted cult.”If that’s true, as they think it is, then why are so many of the GOOD cops actually PAGAN high priests (Officers of Avalon such as Kerr Cuhulain), or working in the military (a lodge brother of ours but I shant mention his name, but he’s been on CBC television sending off our troops overseas), and they are allowed to “wear black” and are KNOWN Pagans (witches) and BDSM lifestylers or both and no one fires them for who they are in their high ranking worldly positions in Canada and over-seas. Do you see just how STRONG the actual case is and why it’s got to this point?Dear pondering public critics, you have my permission and blessing to drop the “conspiracy theories” now that you’ve heard it all directly from me. You’ve also heard the stages of attack in order and now know what it’s like to live 24/7 rather than just on weekends in “secret”. We are not “kinksters” here, we are lifestylers living as nature intended, living as ourselves, as we were BORN, not through self-opression into some kind of closed-minded vanill-land world where we are clearly not welcome by most people who are more afraid of their OWN sexuality than the rest of us here in Akakor. Fear of your own sexuality only leads to the attack of others – it’s time to drop the bad opressive habits and mature sexually, folks… at LEAST sexually. The true freedom of sexual expression shall soon change one way or another, eventually. Someone has to take a stand, so I did. Enough is enough – I am not too fond of ignorant people on any level and enough is enough. We shall show the VPD and others through constant education and public awareness of what’s going on by showing them their own “members” (Pagans and/or lifestylers) and shall bring to court also public school teachers who FEAR for their lives if they were “outed” as “Mistress So-and-so” (if they are willing to take a final stand for peace and change this fear into public tolerance and acceptance, just as those before us have) and show others in the HRT just how rediculous it is to fear lifestylers (OR BDSM kinksters for that matter) who do a damned fine job in their workplace whether they are black, gay, OR a lifestyler.Still I must deal with far too many public “critics” who will end up benefiting from my work anyway, whether we win this case or not, because people have learned something important anyway through all this conversing and speculation and “what ifs” and what not… well, at least SOME of you have learned how to tolerate the free will of others in peaceful mutual cohabitation. As for the rest… dime a dozen and not worth a reply. Most people are truly disapointing – but that’s life – live as you are if that be your nature just as we shall live as we are.Locals who wish to work with us and have their story of sexual and lifestyle opression added to the court record for the sake of others are welcome to be witnessed (in private) as honourable people in this case for peace. Silent supporters get a nod but not neccessarily a response. I thank you – we all thank you for your support (even if you too shall benefit from our work, from politicians and lawyers to the bus boy and the bus driver – all matter to US in Akakor)For the record, I am a female supremacist, but only to a select few – why? Because I am also clearly a natural Dominant who does not fear his own government or the public’s opinions what so ever (but I do still appreciate what privacy I have left, as little as that might be – sacrifices had to be made to make a difference, I can only hope that my bravery and bold nature is fully recognized and respected, but I hold no expectations to be seen as I am, that would be a foolish false projection into the public world of conspiracy theorists on the internet). Dominant women all support my case, and I don’t mean lifestylers… I speak of those in power in gov’t who have stated so. It is YOU I wish to thank most of all for Your compassion, FreeDomme and WisDomme (My own trademarks), for the opportunity to make a real difference for the entire country. Pagans (Wicca being one version of Paganism) tend to be female worhsipers and environmentalists (Mother Earth COMES FIRST!) also. I wish more wise STRONG women existed, but such is life today – truly strong, brave, bold women are a very rare breed indeed. I can be just as content accepting female slaves into my collar for they get far better treatment than the general vanilla public that way also. If this is how well I defend my own rights, imagine the protective measures my own pets get. …something also to consider.I wish you well – whoever you are, whatever your self-expression may be.Lord Reptoid, King of Akakor.(Found on Geocities)

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