Pagan Pride Day Celebrated Across the U.S., 2003

September 26, 2003

Source: The Register Herald

http://www.register-herald.com/articles/2003/09/27/news/xpaganfront28.txt

On September 26, 2003 The Register Herald reported that "more than 50 pagans assembled at Greenbrier State Forest Saturday in honor of Pagan Pride Day - the sixth annual internationally and the fifth in West Virginia. Paganism is a nature-based religion, [Rev. John "Rhymer"] Clair explained. Followers worship based on an agricultural calendar and worship both a god and a goddess. Celtic Shamans and Wiccans were the main groups at the event, but Druids, Asatru, Heathens and Church of All Worlds are also included in paganism. Many people don't understand paganism, Clair said, and therefore they fear it. Pagans are not satan-worshipers and don't sacrifice animals or people. Clair said he's owned a cat for 12 years and would never harm it - let alone a person."