Dark Rantings

A Wiccan 501(c)(3) group that preaches tolerance and acceptance, attempted to register at the Non Profit registration site at WeCareToo (http://www.wecaretoo.com) and received a quite nasty rebuke due solely to their religion.

Please, if you are in the mood, write letters of education to info@wecaretoo.com and to all of their sponsors located both on their website and on http://www.wecaretoo.com/Mall/lobby.html to let them know how bigoted their stance is, and how misleading it is to hold oneself out as a neutral registry for non profits, while inserting your own religious bias.

My letter:

Were you aware that you have many sites contrary to your states policy of:

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Thank you for your application for a free web page in the WeCareToo
non-profit online directory. We must inform you, however, that we will not
be able to list your organization in our directory. While we do list
religious groups of various faiths, we have adopted a policy not to offer
listings to groups that are either atheist, pagan or support belief in
witchcraft. We acknowledge your right to hold your own beliefs and hope you
can accept our right not to assist you in extending your beliefs as they are
completely counter to ours. In good conscience we do not feel we can be true
to our beliefs and convictions where we to help you extend your reach to
others through our web site.
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Under your definition, Al Qaida or other groups that embrace jihad would be welcome, yet Wiccans would not. You welcome Hindus, a Pagan religion by definition, yet exclude Wiccans. You accept Protestant Fundamentalists who "support belief in witchcraft" by maintaining the myth that it exists and is dangerous, yet exclude Wiccans, who strive to harm no one in their daily lives.

You state that the beliefs of atheists, Pagans or "supporters of witchcraft" are counter to your own. Are you so sure, obviously not understanding or being aware of the beliefs you exclude? Wiccans are far from "anti" any other religious path, and instead desire that all paths live together in harmony. How sad that you rail against something you don't know anything about.

Your message of bigotry is being widely disseminated. Jesus preached tolerance. Perhaps someday you can aspire to follow his words.

Posted by mikki at 09:34 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Wiccans have waited over 10 years for approval of their "Emblem of Belief" so that they can have the pentacle on headstones of veterans who have died for their country. Applications had been filed in complete accordance with ALL rules and regulations. Those applications had been received although the Department of Cemetery Administration under the Veterans Administration office had denied even receiving them (although they sent them to me when I filed a FOIA request). Finally, they told Wiccan groups that they had to REFILE and start all over again once they had an actual Wiccan veteran who had died and wanted the pentacle symbol. Well guess what.... unfortunately, it has happened and there are TWO thus far who have spoken out. Yet what has the Cemetery Administration office done? Still nothing!

reviewjournal.com -- News - Sergeant's space left blank:


FERNLEY -- Nevada National Guard Sgt. Patrick Stewart gave his life for his country when the Chinook helicopter he was in was shot down in Afghanistan in September.

But those wishing to honor Stewart, who should have his name on the memorial wall at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley, 34 miles east of Reno, would have a difficult time doing so.

The space reserved for Stewart, right next to Chief Warrant Officer John Flynn, his comrade from Sparks who also died in the attack as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, is vacant.

Stewart was a follower of the Wiccan religion, which is not recognized by the Department of Veterans Affairs for use in its cemeteries.

Stewart's widow, Roberta, said she will wait until her family's religion -- and its five-pointed star enclosed in a circle, with one point facing skyward -- is recognized for use on memorials before Stewart's plaque is installed.

"It's completely blank," Roberta Stewart said, pointing to her husband's place on the memorial.

She said she had no idea the pentacle could not be used on her husband's memorial plaque until she had to deal with the agency after the death of her husband.

"It's discrimination," she said. "They are discriminating against our religion.

Continue reading "Even After Waiting Ten Years For Approval...." »

Posted by mikki at 09:02 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Since it was Festivus yesterday, and since I am a procrastinator, I must now come forth with this year's Airing of the Grievances. And boy do I have a lot of them this year:

1) Wes. My grievance is that he won't tell his family that my name is not Mrs. Wesley E. Worrell.

2) Morgan. My grievance with her is that she is a teenager. Enough said.

3) My grandmother. My grievance with her is that she is never happy. Drives me nuts. Complains when you visit her, complains when you don't. Which is easier? You decide.

4) My brother. We are convinced that he was created as the result of my mother being abducted by aliens. I'm sure you've met the type - magnanimous, arrogant, condescending, etc. And that's on a GOOD day.

5) My nephew. Spawn of the brother. My grievance against him is that he is just like his father, only add a good dose of recalcitrance.

6) The puppies. Finish housebreaking already.

7) George Dubaya. Enough said.

8) Bill Gates. Responsible for more whining this year than anyone else from people who actually are attempting to use his operating system.

9) Cindy Sheehan. I'm sorry your son is dead, lady. Now stop trying to speak for everyone who happens to be against the war. You're an embarrassment.

10) My father. Stop sending me every bad picture, hoax, spam, disgusting joke, and bad HTML code ever known to humankind.

11) Mark. Stop wearing the damn anglican collar! It looks ridiculous, especially in an "all Wiccan" group. It's silly and pretentious and has become a joke. Shall the priestesses start wearing nuns habits now? Complete with Flying Nun hat? That's about as silly.

There. Ranting is done. Until next Festivus, blessings and happy foo abound.

Posted by mikki at 04:52 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Aren't you so glad, that while sexual predators are raping and killing so many young girls in Florida, that instead of doing something about THAT, the Florida Social Services Agency is instead meddling in the rights and with the health of a 13 year old girl whose pregnancy would definitely be far more detrimental to her health than a safe and legal abortion.

Fla. Agency Gets Teen's Abortion Blocked: "WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-The state's social services agency was granted a court order to block an abortion for a pregnant 13-year-old girl living in a state shelter, prompting an emergency appeal Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union."

(Via FindLaw: Top Legal Headlines.)

Posted by mikki at 03:42 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

From AP we have another story of people who want to feel better about the bad things their ancestors pulled, so they touch murder on the head with a Rainbow Brite wand in hopes that the sun shines out their butts. Yep, cynical I am indeed. Somehow I doubt those poor women, children and cats that were killed by these looneys are quite so quick to forgive. It's too bad they weren't really witches, they might have done some seriously good curses.

By CATERINE McALOON

LONDON (AP) - A Scottish township plans to mark Halloween by officially pardoning 81 people - and their cats - executed centuries ago for being witches.

"There'll be no witches' hats, dress-ups or that sort of thing - it will be a fairly solemn occasion," Adele Conn, spokeswoman for the baronial court that granted the pardons, said in a telephone interview Friday.

Sunday's ceremony in Prestonpans will publicly declare pardons for 81 people executed in the 16th and 17th centuries. The pardons were granted under ancient feudal powers due to be abolished within weeks.

More than 3,500 Scots, mainly women and children, and their cats were killed in witch hunts at a time of political intrigue and religious excess. Many were condemned on flimsy evidence, such as owning a black cat or brewing homemade remedies.

Prestonpans has recorded one of the largest numbers of witch executions in all of Scotland, said Conn, spokeswoman for the Barons Courts of Prestoungrange & Dolphinstoun.

She said Gordon Prestoungrange, the 14th baron, granted the pardons in the last session of his court, which is due to be abolished on Nov. 28.

"'Most of those persons condemned for witchcraft within the jurisdiction of the Baron Courts of Prestoungrange and Dolphinstoun were convicted on the basis of spectral evidence - that is to say, prosecuting witnesses declared that they felt the presence of evil sprits or heard spirit voices,'" the court said in its written findings.

"Such spectral evidence is impossible to prove or to disprove; nor is it possible for the accused to cross-examine the spirit concerned. One is convicted upon the very making of such charges without any possibility of offering a defense."

The court declared pardon to all those convicted, "as well as to the cats concerned."

Conn said 15 local descendants of executed witches had been invited to attend the ceremony and an inaugural Witches' Remembrance Day, which will become an annual event in the township each Halloween.

"It's too late to apologize, but it's a sort of symbolic recognition that these people were put to death for hysterical ignorance and paranoia," said historian Roy Pugh, who presented evidence to the court in support of the pardons.

The last execution for witchcraft in Scotland was in 1727. Such cases were outlawed by the Witchcraft Act of 1735, which made it a crime only to pretend to be a witch.

Posted by mikki at 09:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Orcinus has republished a review of The Passion of the Christ as a series of 40 points. Here are just a few of them:

2) The film is only anti-Semitic if you consider it anti-Semitic to portray Jews as an unruly crowd of evil, hook-nosed Christ killers.

9) Keeping children away from the ultra-violence and subversive messages of films such as Harry Potter and Saturday morning cartoons is a good thing. Exposing them to the long, slow, bloody, torturous death of the Savior of all mankind is also a good thing. Go figure.

14) A little known fact: Jesus must have been a hemophiliac. Because near as I can tell, his blood never coagulates.

25) Filming the movie with the dialogue in ancient, dead languages may at first seem pretentious. But it helps convey the documentary-nature of the film the best. And you can have a crowd of Jews chant about Jesus' death being on the heads of them and their children forever without having to actually put the words up on the screen. That isn't anti-Semitic either.

36) Watching blood geyser into the air and splatter over everything in Kill Bill was too much gore. Watching blood geyser into the air and splatter over everything in The Passion of The Christ was just right. Coincidentally, almost the exact same amount of fake blood was used in the filming of both movies.

Posted by mikki at 09:50 AM | Permalink

This is pathetic, folks. If somebody doesn't stop these fascists in the gestapo called Homeland Security, the whole idea of asylum, rights, and just about everything else this country stands for is going to be nothing but memory. If a Buddhist NUN who had to sneak out of China to get here doesn't deserve asylum, WHO DOES? Do you think if this was a catholic nun trying to escape Iran, she would have been given asylum? You bet your butt

HOPEWELL, Va. -- Sonam always feared her devotion to Buddhism would land her behind bars in her native China. As it turns out, she is serving a long term in jail -- not in East Asia but in central Virginia. [Washington Post: Front Page]

Posted by mikki at 10:35 PM | Permalink

Like a perverse venereal disease, Roy Moore just keeps coming back. Just when most of us thought it was all over, and this exclusionary hate monger would just retreat back into his fantasy land of non christian bashing, the story continues.

What can be more clear than the concept that a judge defying a federal court order will be removed from judgeship? Seems that concept makes sense to everyone except Roy Moore and his "legal" team. The man who basically said that if HE decides a court order is not to his liking, he gets to defy it in a public spectacle drawing well meaning but highly ignorant people.

So he appeals, causing an interesting legal debacle with the eight Alabama Supreme Court justices recusing themselves and replacements having to be picked.

What a waste of taxpayer money. And what a waste of brain cells.

Posted by mikki at 12:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

When my friend Brent told me that the North Carolina Constitution was this lame, I could hardly believe him. So I took a look for myself. Right here in the North Carolina State Constitution is this abjectly discriminatory line that some North Carolina citizen should take immediately to the Supreme Court. It seems that you are automatically disqualified to hold office in the State of North Carolina if you "deny the being of Almighty God." Now just what is "the being of Almighty God?" I would imagine that even dyed in the wool xtians would be hard pressed to show... [Non Fluffy Wicca]

Posted by mikki at 12:17 PM | Permalink

United States: Fundies in the US are getting in a tizzy over the Massachusetts Supreme Court's decision that limiting a cosy arrangement of one's financial affairs to opposite-sex couples is unconstitutional, so some wag has consulted the Bible to determine how to redefine marriage to keep them happy:

The Presidential Prayer Team is currently urging us to: Pray for the President as he seeks wisdom on how to legally codify the definition of marriage. Pray that it will be according to Biblical principles. With any forces insisting on variant definitions of marriage, pray that God's
Word and His standards will be honored by our government.

Any good religious person believes prayer should be balanced by action. So here, in support of the Prayer Team's admirable goals, is a proposed Constitutional Amendment codifying marriage entirely on biblical principles:

A. Marriage in the United States shall consist of a union between one man and one or more women.(Gen 29:17-28; II Sam 3:2-5.)

B. Marriage shall not impede a man's right to take concubines in addition to his wife or wives. (II Sam 5:13; I Kings 11:3; II Chron 11:21)

C. A marriage shall be considered valid only if the wife is a virgin. If the wife is not a virgin, she shall be executed (Deut 22:13-21)

D. Marriage of a believer and a non-believer shall be forbidden.(Gen 24:3; Num 25:1-9; Ezra 9:12; Neh 10:30)

E. Since marriage is for life, neither this Constitution nor the constitution of any State, nor any state or federal law, shall be construed to permit divorce. (Deut 22:19; Mark 10:9)

F. If a married man dies without children, his brother shall marry the widow. If he refuses to marry his brother's widow or deliberately does not give her children, he shall pay a fine of one shoe and be otherwise punished in a manner to be determined by law. (Gen.38:6-10; Deut 25:5-10) *

G. In lieu of marriage, if there are no acceptable men in your town, it is required that you get your dad drunk and have sex with him (even if he had previously offered you up as a sex toy to men young and old), tag-teaming with any sisters you may have. Of course, this rule applies only if you are female. (Gen 19:31-36)
[The Pagan Prattle Online]

Posted by mikki at 09:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

This could be an interesting fight between the judicial and executive branches of our government. It will be quite interesting to watch Ashcroft attempt to wiggle out of this one.

The Supreme Court announced yesterday that it wants the Bush administration to defend the secrecy that enveloped lower federal courts' proceedings involving one of the 1,200 Arab and Muslim men detained by federal authorities after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. [Washington Post: Nation and Politics]

Posted by mikki at 10:10 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

"Dear Christian Internet. Please stop the pornographic spam that invades my mailbox. Since this is your Internet, I'm sure it won't take you too long to take care of it. Thank you. Your Heathen SCUM friend, Mikki"

From a ridiculously obnoxious article:

The Internet was created by the United States of America - a Christian nation [ref. 1, 2, 3] - and should not be used to spread anti-Christian, secular, or non-Christian propaganda and hatespeech. This is our Internet, and we should exercise our position as its owners and as the guardians of civilization to stop its misuse.

Click the link above if you want to read more of this drivel.

Posted by mikki at 01:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)