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lovelyextortionist:

Dude this shit happened when I went to a Christian school except we didn’t form a witch club. All the girls in our 4th grade class went to a sleepover at my friend’s house. Her mother was a witch but we didn’t know this until I knocked over her altar on accident. She didn’t freak but she explained why it was important to her and that she was a witch. We just all nodded and continued to play. A few days later one girl ended up telling her mother about it. That mom got upset and started calling all the other moms which harassed us girls into telling them what happened. Then they went to our school board and the school board kicked the girl out because her mother was a witch. Does that even make sense?

When I was in middle school, I was caught doing something similar with some friends. When I was called in to talk to the Principal, it was clear to me that he was terrified. He was talking in hushed tones and when he asked why I was interested in being a witch, I just answered “because it’s interesting.”

I don’t think he liked that. He was quiet until my mom and her husband got there. They took away my book of shadows, but I wasn’t expelled or suspended. When my mom’s husband told me to stop being a witch, I just laughed at him, because I knew even then that no one could decide my religion but me.

I hope these kids won’t be discouraged. And I hope the ACLU rips that school a new asshole.

And other Pagans wonder why even in 2012 we have to stay in the broom closet. Its things like this, letting it be publicly known you are a Pagan of any path can have serious consequences that arent worth being an open Pagan