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Well, I have a friend that is pagan and is also a very conservative republican. Her hubby is in the military and he's also conservative. She's not anti-religion and wouldn't in a million years back the peace protestors during the Iraq war. Maybe she's an oddball in the pagan community, I don't know. I know I'm not going to lump them all together and say they are all anti-religion because what they believe IS their religion. There are a lot of different varieties of pagans and they all have their own /religious/ beliefs. I'm not pagan myself but I learned alot about pagan religions from her. Saying they are anti-religion is showing how little you know about what they believe. They don't all hate christians and part of their religion is keeping it to themselves, rather than telling everyone in the world their personal beliefs and trying to convert them. Just because they keep their spiritual beliefs private, doesn't mean they are hiding anything bad. Seriously, you should learn more about a religion before you start making judgements on it. There are so many different types of pagans that it's impossible to lump them all together and say they all do or believe or hate one certain thing.

Thanks for coming to our defense. I'm a conservative, pro-religion pagan too, and there are more of us than most people imagine. The people who hang out at these protests are just more visible than those of us who have better things to do. And there would be a lot more conservative pagans if young pagans weren't always hearing conservatives railing ignorantly and hatefully against pagans. If they're made to feel unwelcome in conservative circles, they'll run over to the camp that welcomes them. Not a good strategy for conservatives who want to reclaim our nation from creeping socialism.