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Pagans Outraged over Bible Distribution in Buncombe County School
A North Carolina Pagan, Ginger Strivelli, is challenging her son’s school on allowing the distribution of Bibles, something the school said is perfectly acceptable since they didn’t actively hand them...
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Buncombe County School Blinks in Pagan Inclusion Test
On December 20th, I reported that a Pagan, Ginger Strivelli, was challenging her son’s school in Buncombe County, North Carolina on allowing the distribution of Bibles, claiming that the manner of...
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North Carolina Pagan Receives Death Threat After Challenging Bible Distribution
Last month, North Carolina Pagan Ginger Strivelli decided to challenge her child’s school’s policy regarding the distribution of religious materials. Strivelli felt that the manner in which Gideon...
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Religious Materials Debate Continues in Buncombe County
This past December, North Carolina Pagan Ginger Strivelli challenged her child’s school’s policy regarding the distribution of religious materials. Strivelli felt that the manner in which Gideon Bibles...
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Vote on Religious Materials in Buncombe County Schools Tonight
Tonight, the Buncombe County School Board in North Carolina is scheduled to vote on a new policy regarding the distribution of religious material in public schools. This vote, if it happens, will be...
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Buncombe County Schools Passes New Religion Policy
Last night the Buncombe County School Board in North Carolina unanimously passed a policy regarding prayer, religious activities, and the distribution of religious materials by students in their...
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Updates: Teaching Paganism, Passive Distribution, Library Filtering, and...
Here are some updates on stories The Wild Hunt has reported on previously. Teaching Paganism in British Schools: On Sunday I deconstructed the sensationalist Daily Mail’s assertions regarding the...
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Appalachia: The Spirit in the Mountains
Courtesy of JSmith on Flickr The Appalachian Mountains conjure up images of rustic living, long-distance hiking and banjos. The range formed back in the Paleozoic Era and now stretches from...
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Top Ten Pagan Stories of 2012 (Part Two)
[You can read part one of this entry, here.] 05. Ginger Strivelli, School Bibles, and Buncombe County Schools: The story began at the end of 2011 when North Carolina Pagan Ginger Strivelli challenged...
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Updates: Public Schools & the First Amendment
Meanwhile, outside the walls of PantheaCon, I have been busy tending the Wild Hunt’s hearth fires and watching the news…. The sheer number of stories describing the intersection of faith and public...
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Guest Post: Sacred Lands and Spiritual Landscapes
[The following is a guest post from Holli Emore. Holli Emore is the founder and priestess of Osireion and Executive Director of Cherry Hill Seminary for Pagan Ministry, where she previously served as...
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Mother’s Day: A History of Her Story
Today is the second Sunday in May which means its Mother’s Day for Americans as well as others around the world. Writers often attribute this modern celebration to ancient festivals honoring the...
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Pagan Community Notes: Oklahoma Aid, UK Census, Woodland, and More!
Pagan Community Notes is a series focused on news originating from within the Pagan community. Reinforcing the idea that what happens to and within our organizations, groups, and events is news, and...
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Pagan Voices: Crystal Blanton, T. Thorn Coyle, Byron Ballard, Morpheus...
Pagan Voices is a spotlight on recent quotations from figures within the Pagan community. These voices may appear in the burgeoning Pagan media, or from a mainstream outlet, but all showcase our...
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Pagan Voices: Margot Adler, Laura Perry, Gus diZerega, and More!
Pagan Voices is a spotlight on recent quotations from figures within the Pagan community. These voices may appear in the burgeoning Pagan media, or from a mainstream outlet, but all showcase our...
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Sacred Space Conference 2014
I’m currently at the 2014 Sacred Space Conference in Laurel, Maryland. I’ve been to a lot of Pagan events over the years, big and small, but I’ve never immersed myself into a truly East Coast event,...
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Sacred Space 2014: Appalachian Folk Traditions Panel
If there was a dominant theme to the 2014 Sacred Space Conference in Laurel, Maryland, it would be Appalachian folk magic, and the teachers from that culture who have emerged within our community....
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Religious Groups File Suit Against North Carolina Gay Marriage Ban
Eight North Carolina clergy, an entire Protestant denomination and several same sex couples seeking to be married filed the country’s first faith-based challenge to same-sex marriage bans claiming...
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The Wicked Witch Stands Up Against Bullying
Traditionally pop culture portrays witches as Halloween novelties, manifestations of horror or comedic social tricksters. On occasion there are kindly witches and even inconsequential ones. However...
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Religion and Public Schools: a new round of laws
The cultural negotiations concerning religious freedom in the public sphere are continuously peppering America’s daily socio-political dialog. As our country becomes more diverse, or more open about...
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