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[theweaselking]

Officials in Baker want to ban 'anti-Christian' Halloween

School District won't celebrate Halloween because it's offensive to "real witches".

There's a "cauldron calling the kettle black" joke just begging to be made, here.

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[pope-guilty.livejournal.com]

Meeeeaanwhiiiiillle, there was a story in the local paper maybe a week or so ago about how some towns, particularly in the south, are rescheduling Halloween becuase the 31st falls on a Sunday, and that's God's day, and not the Devil's.

*snerk*

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Yes, hence the first link.

[missysedai.livejournal.com]

I love how they neglect to mention that Halloween is a holy day in many Christian denmominations - All Hallow's Eve often finds the devout at a special service in which the names of members who died the preceeding year are read out and prayers are offered for them.

I really hate fundamentalists. Which is a terrible thing, as my path does not espouse hatred, but fuck it all, these ignoramuses deserve it.

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

In fact, it's arguable that the association of the holiday with the dead is largely a Christian influence. Samhain among the pre-Christian Celts seems to have primarily been a harvest festival. (This is one of those chicken-and-egg questions, though, since the culture left little in the way of written records.)

Also, that second link—I don't know a single witch, Wiccan, Pagan, or what have you who is offended by Halloween. Then again, I try not to hang out with people who have their sense of humor surgically removed when they join the ranks of the heathen.