Re: Witch Stands up for Her Rights Beirdd Tue Oct 20 23:01:27 1998 Interesting article. It didn't seem that there was any bigotry or ignorance there until the symbol in question was protested. You never know...*p*As one who could lose his job for wearing a religious symbol, *any* religious symbol, visibly, I must say that I expect that one day our ever heightened sensitivity will require laws against all of these symbols we hold so dear ever being seen by anyone, including us. A locked medicine chest will be the new tabernacle, wherein we hide our sigils, pentacles, crosses, stars, and crescents for fear that a Peeping Tom may become mortally offended and succeed in setting a legal precedent at our expense.*p*It is a useful and curious thing to remember that the only book currently listed by name as banned by *law* (not merely by socio-religious bias or "community morals") from all U.S. public schools is the Bible.*p*We tread on dangerous ground here. What we think may be our firm foothold in freedom's light may simply be our springboard into an ecumenical bog for the detritus of a society paralyzed by the fear of shadows.*p*--Beirdd*p**p**p*Searles wrote,*br*: The link below will take you to a CNN story about a Witch in *br*: a small town who is fighting *YOUR* fight for religious *br*: freedom against biogtry and ignorance. Please read the *br*: article and understand that such treatment could happen to *br*: any of us, and I mean *any* of us.*br*:*br*: Searles*br* Witch Stands up for Her Rights Searles 82 Mon Oct 19 16:06:40 1998