Subj : Pagan Bill of Rights
To   : SEAN DENNIS
From : TODD HENSON
Date : Mon Mar 12 2001 06:41 pm

> TODD HENSON wrote in a message to RACHEL L. AKERS:
> 
> >          ONE - Pagans shall have the same freedom to worship that is 
> >                 granted to followers of other religions. 
> 
>  TH> Where in America are pagans not allowed to practice paganism? 
> 
> Try Fort Hood, Texas.  There was (and there may be, AFAIK) a VERY big deal to
> remove Paganisim/Wiccanisim/et al as recognized religions from the Armed
> Forces.  I was very pissed and called up the three-star general that ran the
> whole post.  It's sad, that's what it is.


Ah, I do remember a controversy at Fort Hood. Maybe you can refresh my
memory. Were the 
people indeed prevented from practicing their beliefs amongst themselves,
or was the complaint 
over whether to have a Wiccan equivalent of a chaplain available to them?


>  TH> I'm not aware that pagans are being denied their rights in America.
> 
> Oh, they are, believe me.  Especially in the military.


I require more than a "they are". :-)


>  TH> When are pagan rituals interfered with in America?
> 
> Try Fort Hood, Texas, again.  Let me try to see if I can find the article
> through some friends and I'll post it here... it was an outright shame.


Yeah, that would be informative.
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