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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s warnings about a “demonic” drag show are part of a wider pattern targeting institutions he claims are hostile to Christianity. Civil liberties advocates say this framing misuses state power and endangers religious freedom for minority faiths.
Florida became the first state to adopt the Heritage Foundation’s Phoenix Declaration, a conservative education framework linked to Project 2025. Its framing draws heavily on Christian moral philosophy as a guiding vision for public education. More states are likely to follow.
Summer Magick Festival is an earth-based spirituality convention with workshops, celebration, and community in a comfortable hotel setting. Headliners, rituals, and musical entertainment have been chosen to encourage tolerance between the many different earth-based faiths and foster planetary stewardship. We are a family-friendly event with programming for our young ones as well as close proximity to all the wonders of the Orlando theme parks. Join us for a new kind of Florida festival!
In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: We reflect on Canada’s celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day and commemorate the anniversary of Stonewall. Cherry Hill Seminary launches a historic interfaith partnership. Poet Sara Amis shares new work, and Star offers her latest weekly Tarot reading. Plus—just before publication—breaking news from Port St. Lucie, FL: a man in possession of books on “witchcraft” has been charged with eight counts of animal cruelty, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
TWH’s editor-in-chief, Manny Tejeda y Moreno, examines a set of new laws in states like Florida and Texas that purport to protect children from the dangers of pornography, but in reality are new fronts in Christian Dominionism’s war on freedom of expression.