This article bothers me.......
Aug. 12th, 2004 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundSaw this article on Wren's Nest. The first paragraph really, really sickened me.
Military casts Wicca in the shadows (Contra Costa Times)
"After U.S. military personnel pelted American Wiccan servicemen and servicewomen in Iraq with bottles and rocks as they worshipped in a sacred circle, the Pentagon turned to Patrick McCollum of Moraga.
The chaplain, a national expert on the earth-based Wicca religion, conjured a little Wicca 101 for the troops."
The article also says:
"An advisory team became a Pentagon priority when Wiccan military personnel reported problems while conducting rites and religious activities.
The Wiccans said that some chaplains were trying to convert them and that commanding officers made it difficult to practice, McCollum said"
It's really sickening and disheartening that *some* US service personnel would treat their fellow service personnel in such a disgraceful fashion.
Military casts Wicca in the shadows (Contra Costa Times)
"After U.S. military personnel pelted American Wiccan servicemen and servicewomen in Iraq with bottles and rocks as they worshipped in a sacred circle, the Pentagon turned to Patrick McCollum of Moraga.
The chaplain, a national expert on the earth-based Wicca religion, conjured a little Wicca 101 for the troops."
The article also says:
"An advisory team became a Pentagon priority when Wiccan military personnel reported problems while conducting rites and religious activities.
The Wiccans said that some chaplains were trying to convert them and that commanding officers made it difficult to practice, McCollum said"
It's really sickening and disheartening that *some* US service personnel would treat their fellow service personnel in such a disgraceful fashion.
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Date: 2004-08-12 11:08 am (UTC)