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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Pence’s New Fan Club: Wiccans
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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/31/mike-pence-s-new-fan-club-wiccans.htmlAmong the howls of opponents who insist that religious freedom ordinances limit LGBT civil rights, conservative lawmakers in Indiana and other states have found unlikely allies: Wiccans, who claim that any laws that give greater religious freedom are manna from the earth mother....
Many of us believe that love is the law. Though it is not a quote-unquote Wiccan tenet to have polyamorous marriages, it is under Wiccan law that love is the law, he said. Whatever we want to do with marriage we can do. Carte Blanche. If I want to marry a horse, I can marry a horse.
Dionne also pointed out that Wiccans have been herbalists forever, which would mean not just the freedom to use marijuana, but a host of psychotropic drugs banned by state government....
Furthermore, should a Wiccan be found to dancing naked under the light of a full moon in Terre Haute, they would be immune from prosecution merely by citing The Charge of the Goddess, a Wiccan holy scripture: Whenever you have need of anything, once a month, and better it be when the moon is full, you shall assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of Me Who is Queen of all the Wise. You shall be free from slavery, and as a sign that you be free you shall be naked in your rites. Sing, feast, dance, make music and love, all in My Presence, for Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit and Mine also is joy on earth.
Many of us believe that love is the law. Though it is not a quote-unquote Wiccan tenet to have polyamorous marriages, it is under Wiccan law that love is the law, he said. Whatever we want to do with marriage we can do. Carte Blanche. If I want to marry a horse, I can marry a horse.
Dionne also pointed out that Wiccans have been herbalists forever, which would mean not just the freedom to use marijuana, but a host of psychotropic drugs banned by state government....
Furthermore, should a Wiccan be found to dancing naked under the light of a full moon in Terre Haute, they would be immune from prosecution merely by citing The Charge of the Goddess, a Wiccan holy scripture: Whenever you have need of anything, once a month, and better it be when the moon is full, you shall assemble in some secret place and adore the spirit of Me Who is Queen of all the Wise. You shall be free from slavery, and as a sign that you be free you shall be naked in your rites. Sing, feast, dance, make music and love, all in My Presence, for Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit and Mine also is joy on earth.
edit: I have heard that Bloomington has a sizable pagan community. Blessed be!
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Mike Pence’s New Fan Club: Wiccans (Original Post)
KamaAina
Apr 2015
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misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)1. Now that'a prayer that makes sense. to me.
Mother Earth & Father Sky
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)2. Ah, Wiccans! Never change. [n/t]
daleanime
(17,796 posts)3. Sure to get more then a few....
new converts.
central scrutinizer
(11,665 posts)4. New Rastafarian Paradise
Colorado, Washington, Oregon, move over
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)5. Hilarious!
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)6. Wiccans rock!
Thespian2
(2,741 posts)7. Ahhh...
fertilizer for the mind.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)8. I'd dance with 'em! n/t