Facing discrimination, Wicca pagan followers learn to turn the other cheek.
Original Print from www.columbiatribune.com
By ANNIE NELSON of the Tribune’s staff
Published Saturday, November 3, 2007
That members of local Wicca and pagan groups made a point to introduce themselves as regular people during a discussion panel Sunday - "Which Witch is This?" - was noted and quickly brought up by the audience.
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| Rose Wise, right, high priestess of Ozark Avalon Church of Nature near Boonville, talks about Wicca and paganism as Victoria Chance, who is also known as Taz, listens Sunday at the Columbia Public Library. They spoke to a group of about 20 people. |
"I moved here from Eugene, Ore., where paganism is very accepted. When you introduced yourselves, you all said, ‘I’m a normal person,’ " a woman said, asking whether pagans experienced discrimination in the Midwest.
The five members from Ozark Avalon Church of Nature, Hearthfires and Mid-Missouri Pagan Pride took a collective breath before beginning to relate some prices pagans have paid for their beliefs in Missouri. They spoke before a crowd of about 20 people in the Friends Room of the Columbia Public Library.
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