Being Pagan In A Red State
Up & Coming Magazine has a feature on Pagans both civillian and military living in Fayetteville, North Carolina. It is an excellent look into the mindset of modern Pagans who don’t live in liberal urban areas or tolerant college towns.
“We’re not psycho baby killers, I had a woman snatch her baby up in a grocery store and say that, but these are the extremes we’ve all had to deal with.” – Tracie Miller
“We can’t practice our faith openly but we believe what this country was founded for, we believe in freedom of religion, and we would like the same freedom of religion extended to us.” – James Lippert
“I will not allow my daughter to say to anyone that we are witches. It’s not because we’re ashamed but I don’t want her saying ‘mommy’s a witch,’ or ‘I’m a little witch.’ We keep it out of her school and the hospital because we don’t want people to think that if she had cuts or bruises, it was from a ritual or that we tried to sacrifice her.” – Stephanie Wilcot, military wife
Solutions to the PR problem modern Pagans have?
“It would take more pagans to become news reporters and to be in office. If Ted Turner decided to say he was a pagan, that would be great. Someone has to be giving positive viewpoints and seeing more positive images, and we have to be talented, educated, and well spoken when we are out there.” – Priestess Lisa Lippert
An excellent article by Andrea Pantelic.
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