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When Rutherfordton officials denied a permit for a small Pagan-led vigil, citing undocumented restrictions and a coercive “Christian parade” alternative, High Priestex Mortellus confronted a system that limits minority-faith expression in a traditional public forum during the holiday season.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Landor v. Louisiana, a religious freedom case testing whether prison officials can be held personally liable under federal law for violating a Rastafarian inmate’s right to keep his dreadlocks as an expression of religious faith.
The Aquarian Tabernacle Church honored Rev. Selena Fox with a Lifetime Achievement Award at Hekate’s Sickle Festival in Seattle, celebrating her decades of leadership, advocacy for Pagan religious freedom, and embodiment of empowerment through the spirit of Aradia.
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: the Salem community seeks hate crime charges after a confrontation at the Psychic Fair, an Atlanta parent accuses a school of forcing her daughter to join Halloween activities, Star shares the Tarot of the Week, and (who knew?) some bats actually glow.
A Northumberland shop owner was visited by a local vicar who accused her of “spreading evil” for selling crystals and tarot cards.
Lucas Miles’ The Pagan Threat has become a New York Times bestseller, warning of a “pagan uprising.” Yet the greater concern is not the book itself, but the silence surrounding it, raising troubling questions about interfaith integrity, pluralism, and who truly counts in America’s religious landscape.