Clearly the issue here is whether it is acceptable to victimise another because they don't happen to share you're world view - the rest seems to be smoke and mirrors. Bullying is the problem – getting at those who are different, - primate Alpha-Animal programming gone heywire…again.

PS I love Buffy, but the "witch" characters are not all Wiccans (one is Jewish, one hasn't said and one, who now I come to think of it said she was Wiccan, also thought she was part demon). However, despite being a witch myself and even a sort of Wiccan, I never saw anyone do 95% of the stuff they do on this show – that is because it is a fantasy.

Point of information Not all witches are Wiccans and not all witches belong to covens – so solace should come from where you can safely find it.