“Those poor pagans”

A meandering Denver Post opinion column has a lot of Colorado Pagans upset, mainly because Paganism is invoked rather pointlessly just to color yet another rant about secular government and religious observances.

Some sample comments from the e-mail lists:

–He responded to me also, just to say, “Please, tell me again HOW you think I offended you and other Wiccans.”

–Frankly, that’s the only way it makes sense. There are such amazing leaps in logic there that Superman would be dizzy.

I think we are seeing one fruit of Wicca and other Pagan religions’ increasing visibility. We have moved from “invisible religion” to “fake and/or ludicrous religion,” which is, I hope, a step on the way to “just another religion.” See my previous post here and Jason Pitzl-Waters’ comments here and elsewhere.

UPDATE: Some letters to the editor about the column.