Pagan Troops Cut Off?
Interesting notice on Witchvox claiming that the Army is blocking access to Pagan religious sites and labelling them “occult”.
“I am a soldier in the US Army. It came to a few months ago upon my return from Kuwait/Iraq that the US Army blocks access to Pagan and related websites, including Witchvox, classifying them as “Occult.” Now, they may have a right to classify Pagan websites under a heading of “Occult” but according to my read of the US Constitution they do not have the right to restrict access to Pagan websites in this manner. They freely allow other, mainly Christian, websites to be accessed and these websites are not given such a classification. I contacted my congressman who looked into the manner and suggested that I make a specific personal request to be allowed to access such websites. But this does not solve the problem as other Pagans/Wiccans will run into the same issues. I recontacted my congressman and to my knowledge no further action has been taken or attempted by his office.”
He suggests you contact the army about this policy by e-mailing them. I can only imagine the outrage if those nice Christian troops were denied access to religious web sites.
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