Call to Action
Democratic Senator Yancey McGill of South Carolina doesn't believe Wicca is a religion. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, of course, but the issue at hand is not about opinions, it's about religious equality.
South Carolina is one of the states looking to make the Christian "I Believe" license plate available. The Charlotte Observer reports that Sen. McGill thinks the tags are a great idea.'People don't have to buy them. But it affords them that opportunity. I welcome any religion tags.' What about Wicca, commonly referred to as witchcraft? 'Well, that's not what I consider to be a religion,' McGill said. And Buddhism? 'I'd have to look at the individual situation. But I'm telling you, I firmly believe in this tag.'
Buddhists might want to get in on this too.
I'm with Jason at The Wild Hunt, where I first heard of this story. Pagans might consider sending Sen. McGill a note informing that the actual Unites States government does recognize Wicca as a religion and, as voters, we prefer officials who respect the rights of all faiths. His email address is JYM@scsenate.org. I'm going to drop him a line right now.
1 comments:
Well, that's pretty disgusting, Cosette, but not at all surprising. Some of these people are not only arrogant but blind and anything that is not Christianity is not, to them, a religion. They like to accuse all NRMs (New Religious Movements) of being cults but then if you look at the definition of a cult, you see a great deal of Christianity in there. I suppose it comes down to perspective insofar as how people feel about these things, but legally, as you said, people who espouse such opinions have no leg to stand on. They're either willfully ignorant or uninformed, or simply so bigoted that to them, the laws of the land mean nothing (I fear this is often the case when secular law comes into conflict with what these people perceive as doctrinal imperatives).
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