[Innisfree]

My impression from a discussion I heard recently is that Wicca is just old-fashioned paganism revived---nature worship. There's a relatively benign form--so-called White Wicca, and another form that is more spiritually dangerous, according to Christians. Interesting to find that there are Wiccans out there who are politically conservative and devout readers of FR.

The concept of "hate-crime" is very Orwellian. I wonder how often it's used to punish crimes against Christians.

[Indrid Cold]

"My impression from a discussion I heard recently is that Wicca is just old-fashioned paganism revived---nature worship."

Actually, we follow (not worship) a god and goddess of our choosing (or do they choose us?), and we see their presence in nature. We do not worship nature per se.

There are white Wiccans like there are white, uh, lawyers, I guess--those sworn to seeking out justice for the downtrodden and always fighting the good fight.

Then there are those Wiccans (like me), who are more pragmatic.