I will say, though, that Wiccans claiming that their belief system extends back to those living over three hundred years ago is akin to Mormons who baptize dead people they’ve never met into the faith.

What are you, nuts?? Samantha was hot!

Despite what Jason seems to perceive as a rightward turn, I have no problem with Wicca. In fact, when I visited Salem in high school, there were Wiccans in our group. My problem is that the entire town of Salem (business owners, the city government, and the Wicca community) have been cashing in on the Witch Trials for years by using some pretty cartoonish portrayals of witches and/or piggybacking their own agenda on the murders of innocent people. Sure, a Bewitched statue is unbelievably tacky, but the rest of the town is too.

apparently a Judge decided that two Wiccan parents, who are divorcing, can no longer raise their 9 year old son in a “nonmainstream religious environment.” Let me again point out that BOTH parents are practicing Wiccans and it has nothing to do with the divorce. But the judge has decided that it would be a bad thing for them to involve their child in “nonmainstream religion” and therefore, neither parent can celebrate any of their pagan holidays with their own son.

This is normally a much more liberal site. What happened, wake up on the right side of the bed this morning?