The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69668   Message #1186696
Posted By: GUEST,Jack in the Green
16-May-04 - 08:12 AM
Thread Name: BS: A question for Wiccans and Pagans
Subject: RE: BS: A question for Wiccans and Pagans
"And now that the Home Office are in the process of making Paganism an official Religion over here in the UK..."

This is thanks to the EU, not our government. If Tony Blair had his way we'd all be wearing puritan garb and be forced to listen to one of his approved sermons at the local church every Sunday. I can see it now - a painting on the domed ceiling of Saint Paul's depicting George Dubya as God, and Tone as Jesus sitting at his right hand, with Cherie as the Blessed Virgin...


I attended a pagan event last year in Croydon, and there was the obligatory protest by local Christians, but strangely there was a group of American fundamentalist Christians who had come over to the UK just to demonstrate at this event. They were very unpleasant to people waiting to enter the venue (including frightening some small children) and they took video footage of as many people as possible. Eventually a morris team who were appearing at the event came out and danced and played their instruments to drown them out. How desperate and fearful can some people be to fly thousands of miles just to make a nuisance of themselves in their ludicrous attempt to 'save our souls'?

As for the Mormons, there is one thing that scares me about them - the Osmonds. AARRGGHHHHHH!!