On February 19, 2004 The Scotsman reported, "The Beltane Fire Festival, which heralds the arrival of spring with spectacular traditional dancing, is to return to Edinburgh after organisers struck a deal with the council to lease Calton Hill for a night. The agreement, which puts the boisterous all-night event on a formal footing for the first time, will mean revellers from around the world being...
On February 7, 2004 Zenit.org posted a story on the rise of paganism worldwide, contrasted with incidents in which Christianity has been "singled out for exclusion." The article mentioned Denmark's legalization of marriages conducted by worshippers of the Norse gods and the U.S. federal court case in favor of allowing Wiccan Cyndi Simpson to deliver an invocation at a Chesterfield (Va.) county...
On February 5, The Herald reported that "the American Jewish Congress has filed a brief with the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to support a lawsuit brought by a Great Falls woman prohibiting specific Christian references in council prayers.
The brief, filed Tuesday by the organization's chief lawyer, Marc Stern, said the use of specific faith preference in town council...
On February 5, 2004 the Herald reported that, "the American Jewish Congress has filed a brief with the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals to support a lawsuit brought by a Great Falls woman prohibiting specific Christian references in council prayers.
The brief, filed Tuesday by the organization's chief lawyer, Marc Stern, said the use of specific faith preference in town...
On February 4, 2004 The Patriot Ledger reported that "two Stoughton teens broke into a Catholic church and used it as their pagan playground, spraying fire extinguishers, drinking the sacramental wine, and urinating on the altar and in the holy water.
They were arrested yesterday after the younger of the two, a 14-year-old runaway, showed up drunk at school,...
On January 22, 2004 Beliefnet reported, "In the spring of 1999, Georgia congressman Bob Barr sent shockwaves throughout the Pagan community when he repeatedly attacked the presence of Witchcraft on U.S. military bases. Upset by the existence of a visible and apparently successful Pagan organization at Fort Hood in Texas, Barr introduced legislation to prohibit the practice of Wicca or any other...