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Australian Pagans, Witches + Paganism

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Re: Pagans asked to "come out of the shadows" for Census From: carteblanche13

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Re: Pagans asked to "come out of the shadows" for Census

Posted by: "carteblanche13" carteblanche13@yahoo.com.au   carteblanche13

Sat Jun 18, 2011 10:13 pm (PDT)

It seems like an effective and pragmatic idea.

Everyone gets to keep their idiosyncratic, individual spiritual/religious-identity-du-jour, whilst also benefiting from the power that comes from a larger collective with a "common" identity and allied political issues.

Imagine if we managed to get Hindus on board with this one (they are Pagan too). The numbers would certainly get a spike!

--- In WitchesWorkshop@yahoogroups.com, Graham <grahfurn@...> wrote:
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> A big yes from me on this one CB.
> Oh what a wonderful world it would be where folks of our ilk can not only be accepted, but respected by broader society - and I think that the proposed census nomination option would be a great first step towards achieving this.
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> BB, Graham.
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> --- On Sat, 18/6/11, carteblanche13 <carteblanche13@...> wrote:
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> From: carteblanche13 <carteblanche13@...>
> Subject: [WitchesWorkshop] Pagans asked to "come out of the shadows" for Census
> To: WitchesWorkshop@yahoogroups.com
> Received: Saturday, 18 June, 2011, 6:12 PM
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