Author: Kelly Jasper

Source: The Augusta Chronicle

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/10/03/rel_550410.shtml

Theoretically, there are two types of witches.

"There are those of us who live in the broom closet and then there are those of us who" are more visible, said Joe Zuchowski, a Wiccan high priest.

A festival, he figures, just might help that.

In actuality, there are several varieties of pagans, a few of...

Author: Ryan Curtis

Source: The Maneater Student Newspaper

http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2009/9/29/columbia-celebrates-pagan-pride-day/

Chanting in a spirit circle as part of their opening ceremony, attendants of the Mid-Missouri Pagan Pride Day summoned the directions, the god and the goddess Sunday.

Outdoor rituals like this are typical of Paganism, a religion based on respect for the earth. These rituals...

Author: Sherrel Jones

Source: The Daily Toreador

http://www.dailytoreador.com/la-vida/annual-pride-celebration-informs-about-paganism-1.1905553

An eclectic group of Pagans gathered Saturday at Clapp Park to raise awareness and celebrate the Pagan religion for the fourth annual Pagan Pride Day.

“Paganism is a blanket term,” said Denise Guinn, co-coordinator for Pagan Pride Lubbock chapter...

Author: Jim Warren

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

http://www.kentucky.com/964/story/941829.html

The third annual Lexington-Bluegrass Pagan Pride Day is Saturday — and you don't even have to be a pagan to attend the festivities.

Event spokeswoman Susan Kelch says the festival will offer plenty of attractions for everybody — food, music, kids' games, a petting zoo, diviners giving personal readings, vendors, arts and crafts for show and...

Author: Brittney French

Source: The Journal

http://media.www.webujournal.com/media/storage/paper245/news/2009/09/17/Lifestyle/Wu.Offers.Religious.Club.With.New.Outlook-3775110.shtml

The witches at Webster University are coming out of the broom closet.

A new on-campus organization, the Webster Pagan Grove (WPG), allows all students who are interested in...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: WTKR-TV3

http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-pagan-festival,0,3537711.story

It might not be considered by some a traditional religion but this weekend its followers hope to raise awareness and shatter stereotypes.

This Saturday is the 8th annual Autumn Moon Festival celebrating Pagan Pride Day in Virginia Beach.

The woman helping coordinate the festival admits she's a practicing witch. She says...

Author: Mandy Stoltzfus

Source: Lancaster Online

http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/242200

Witches and pagans who traveled to Adamstown on Saturday for a festival "Celebrating Earth Spirituality" were greeted by a steady rain and praying Christians in a silent protest.

The gathering held at Stoudtburg Village and hosted by Reading Pagans & Witches proved to far less controversial than the debate that brewed in the days...

Author: Ron Todt

Source: Google News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j4n1LLmQm_9M6UcVQdozlNOd0JAAD9ALB34O0

In the rolling hills of deeply religious rural Pennsylvania sits Stoudtburg Village, a tiny hamlet modeled on a German town. On weekends, tourists come here to visit shops on the ground floors of closely set three-story houses painted bright...

Author: Krista Bryce

Source: Nanaimo Daily News

http://www.canada.com/Pagan+pride+festival+hits+Departure+beach/1888476/story.html

There will be no sacrifices, disembowelling of chickens of goats or the casting of spells to turn someone into a toad.

But don't be shocked if you run into your neighbour at the Pagan Pride Day celebration at Departure Bay Beach on Saturday.

Two spokespeople for the Pagan...

Author: JaNae Francis

Source: The Standard-Examiner

http://www.standard.net/live/news/180124/

Local pagan groups invite the public to join them in their second annual Pagan Pride Day celebration, scheduled for 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. next Saturday, Aug. 15, in Monroe Park, 3000 S. Monroe Blvd. in Ogden.

The free event is designed to educate the public as well as bring different pagan groups together.

"We want people to understand us and to know us...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Kansas City Kansan

http://www.kansascitykansan.com/news/x1701870469/K-State-student-from-KCK-studies-myths-of-paganism

A Kansas State University senior is spending the summer at witches' covens and other pagan events in Kansas to create a better understanding of the pagan community.

Jessica Ice, K-State senior in anthropology, Kansas City, Kan., is debunking...