http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/05/nothing-to-fear.html A modern Pagan perspective Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/05/nothing-to-fear.html#comment-1063 Lupa Thu, 17 May 2007 19:11:00 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/05/nothing-to-fear.html#comment-1063 Sometimes the worst discrimination comes from the people closest to us. SOme people are closeted primarily because they don't want their families to know--after all, a remote stranger can only do so much, but our loved ones can cut us to the bone. Sometimes the worst discrimination comes from the people closest to us. SOme people are closeted primarily because they don’t want their families to know–after all, a remote stranger can only do so much, but our loved ones can cut us to the bone.

]]> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/05/nothing-to-fear.html#comment-1062 Anonymous Thu, 17 May 2007 15:57:00 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2007/05/nothing-to-fear.html#comment-1062 While I agree that there is discrimination, I don't think secrecy is the answer. Your private life can be private, without being a secret. Secrets look bad, as if a person has something shameful of illegal to hide.The more Pagans that come out of the closet, the less discrimination all Pagans will face.I think our own religious community reinforces the idea that *most* of us need to hide our religion - when most of us don't. Those of us who don't can help those who still do by not hiding and lying about who we are, what we believe, and what we do.Jews experienced the same things when they came to America. They changed perceptions by standing up and standing together. Now it's our turn. While I agree that there is discrimination, I don’t think secrecy is the answer. Your private life can be private, without being a secret. Secrets look bad, as if a person has something shameful of illegal to hide.The more Pagans that come out of the closet, the less discrimination all Pagans will face.I think our own religious community reinforces the idea that *most* of us need to hide our religion – when most of us don’t. Those of us who don’t can help those who still do by not hiding and lying about who we are, what we believe, and what we do.Jews experienced the same things when they came to America. They changed perceptions by standing up and standing together. Now it’s our turn.

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