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IRS Recognizes Church of Satan As A Religion

Witchvox News - 3 hours 33 min ago
Let’s get one thing straight right now. I’m not that old. When I made my appearance in this world in 1950, Satan wasn’t considered a good guy. Back then he was recognized by Christians as a fall
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Police: Woman Stabs Herself With Sword

Witchvox News - 12 hours 33 min ago
Lebanon Police are investigating an incident in which a woman stabbed herself overnight at the Oak Hill cemetery. Police say 36-year old Katherine Gunther ran a 36 inch sword completely through her
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Pagans Converge On Moray For First Camp

Witchvox News - 12 hours 33 min ago
Followers of witchcraft and Druidism gathered yesterday to begin a summer camp in Moray. About 50 people set up tents and vans at Inchberry community hall, near Fochabers, for a three-day festival
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Kirk Papers Reveal Charmed Cows

Witchvox News - 12 hours 33 min ago
Kirk session records have revealed examples of Highlanders using so-called good and bad magic on cattle. Dr Karen Cullen, of higher education institute UHI, trawled the papers in her research for a
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Burning Books (Book Review)

Witchvox News - July 18, 2008 - 10:00pm
Who qualifies as the biggest book-burner in history? Caliph Omar, the Muslim potentate who (as legend has it) torched the library at Alexandria? Savonarola, with his Bonfires of the Vanities? Josef Go
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Indigenous Grandmas Nearly Kicked Out Of Vatican

Witchvox News - July 18, 2008 - 10:00pm
They went to pray. They went to see Pope Benedict XVI on his home turf. They went to ask that he rescind historic church doctrine that played a role in the genocidal onslaught of millions of indigenou
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Law Of The Jungle

Witchvox News - July 18, 2008 - 10:00pm
Nature tries hard. I was watching a black ant drag a flake of oatmeal through blades of grass at an alpine lake last weekend, thinking what a hero the little guy was going to be when he got home, when
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The Story Behind Curanderismo

Witchvox News - July 18, 2008 - 10:00pm
Fortune tellers, spiritual advisers and curanderos. Many in our community embrace these purveyors of hope and healing. Jody Blackburn feels he can heal people through spiritual rituals and by reading
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Pagans Gather For A Summer Camp

Witchvox News - July 18, 2008 - 10:00pm
Witches, druids, heathens and spiritualists will gather in Moray this weekend in celebration of their beliefs. The three day summer camp – the first of its kind in the area – is bringing together o
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‘Evil Witch’ Conjures Many Meanings

Witchvox News - July 18, 2008 - 10:00pm
The role in Western culture of the witch as a symbol of society’s most basic fears and anxieties—many of which appear deeply rooted in the human psyche by evolution—was the topic of conversation durin
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California opposes move to ban gay marriage: poll (Reuters)

Gay Issues (Yahoo! News) - July 18, 2008 - 12:11pm
Reuters - Californians are likely to uphold the right to gay marriage in the state by voting against a ballot measure that seeks to override a court ruling allowing same-sex unions, poll results showed on Friday.

SC gay group to pay for ads after state balks (AP)

Gay Issues (Yahoo! News) - July 17, 2008 - 4:50pm
AP - A gay pride organization said Thursday it plans to raise $5,000 to pay for an advertising campaign that proclaimed "South Carolina is so gay" after the state refused to pick up the tab.

Challenge tossed, gay marriage ban on ballot

SFGate: Gay & Lesbian News - July 17, 2008 - 2:00am
Californians will get to vote in November on a state constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, the state Supreme Court decided Wednesday. In a unanimous order, without comment, the court dismissed a lawsuit by gay rights advocates seeking to remove...

California gay marriage ban vote to proceed (Reuters)

Gay Issues (Yahoo! News) - July 16, 2008 - 6:09pm

Reuters - California voters will have the chance to vote in November on whether to end gay marriage after the state's top court declined on Wednesday to remove an initiative on the issue from the ballot.


Prof, College Reach Settlement After 'Adam And Eve' Incident

Witchvox News - July 16, 2008 - 4:00pm
Southwestern Community College has reached a financial settlement with a professor who was fired after telling students the biblical story of Adam and Eve should not be taken literally. Steve Bitte
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Nature And Fun Away With Fairies

Witchvox News - July 16, 2008 - 4:00pm
Children are to take part in three unique workshops teaching nature and plants' herbal properties as part of the popular Fairy Fair at Narborough Hall. Witches Pets will familiarise youngsters with
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Mass. Senate votes to let out-of-state gays marry (AP)

Gay Issues (Yahoo! News) - July 15, 2008 - 7:58pm

AP - Out-of-state gay couples got one step closer to a Massachusetts wedding Tuesday when the state Senate voted to repeal a 1913 law that has been used to bar them from marrying here.


SC tourism employee resigns after gay ad flap (AP)

Gay Issues (Yahoo! News) - July 15, 2008 - 5:36pm
AP - A South Carolina tourism employee has resigned after an outcry over an ad campaign to attract gay tourists.

Stonehenge Road Closure Proposal

Witchvox News - July 15, 2008 - 4:00pm
A road which runs alongside Stonehenge could be closed under proposals drawn up to protect the site's future. Shutting the A344 where it runs next to the stones, in Wiltshire, is one of the plans b
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The Return Of Religion

Witchvox News - July 15, 2008 - 4:00pm
Faced with the spectacle of the cruelties perpetrated in the name of faith, Voltaire famously cried ‘Ecrasez l’infâme!’. Scores of enlightened thinkers followed him, declaring organised religion to be
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