{"id":66,"date":"2003-11-16T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2003-11-16T23:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=66"},"modified":"2003-11-16T23:07:00","modified_gmt":"2003-11-16T23:07:00","slug":"66","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Watching the news . . .<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, The Drudge Report<\/a> was first with this story<\/a>, in tandem with Religion New Blog<\/a>. It’s right up both their alleys. I found it ironic that the woman herself, obviously not playing with a full deck (“I had cut myself. I do that kind of out of habit now.”), could say in her own defense that she was into Satanism, not Witchcraft. Like that will help her?<\/p>\n

The Pagans have been happier with the outcome, so far, of the “prayer” lawsuit story<\/a>. One issue: most Pagans I know do not speak of prayer. Offering Pagan “prayers” in front of a legislative body is, I suspect, just another step on the road towards meeting in rectangular buildings with pews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Watching the news . . . Not surprisingly, The Drudge Report was first with this story, in tandem with Religion New Blog. It’s right up both their alleys. I found it ironic that the woman herself, obviously not playing with a full deck (“I had cut myself. I do that kind of out of habit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6xQTg-66","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":851,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=851","url_meta":{"origin":66,"position":0},"title":"Saying the Pagan Rosary","author":"Chas S. 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