hmm... perhaps the same reasons they didn't protect witchcraft in their own state. They saw it as a direct threat, and therefore a violation of other's rights.
Perhaps? What a hoot!
Yep, yesteryears Salem Witchcraft trials have rolled over into today's drug laws.
Those little girls wound up being found out as petty little tyrants, jealous of others and guilty before all of bearing false witness.
Which is the more direct threat?