Ivan Seeking
Oct24-04, 10:23 PM
School Says Halloween Disrespectful to Witches
...The district said Halloween celebrations and children dressed in Halloween costumes might be offensive to real witches.
"Witches with pointy noses and things like that are not respective symbols of the Wiccan religion and so we want to be respectful of that," Hansen said.
The Wiccan, or Pagan, religion is said to be growing in the United States and there are Wiccan groups in Puyallup...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=184701&page=1
Who would of thought that witches would be the undoing of Halloween?
I suggest that for Halloween, everyone should dress up to look like the school board members. :biggrin:
...The district said Halloween celebrations and children dressed in Halloween costumes might be offensive to real witches.
"Witches with pointy noses and things like that are not respective symbols of the Wiccan religion and so we want to be respectful of that," Hansen said.
The Wiccan, or Pagan, religion is said to be growing in the United States and there are Wiccan groups in Puyallup...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=184701&page=1
Who would of thought that witches would be the undoing of Halloween?
I suggest that for Halloween, everyone should dress up to look like the school board members. :biggrin: