Discrimination Against Wicca
Submitted by p_petrelli on November 8, 2007
Category: Religion
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Wicca is a tradition that is both ancient and modern. It has been persecuted against almost since its inception, back in ancient England when the Pict and Celts practiced its ancient form. This persecution continued with the witch hunts of the 15th to 18th centuries, which led to many of the superstitions against witchcraft today. However, it wasn't until Gerald Gardner published Witchcraft Today that Wicca began to be recognized as a religion. This created it's unbroken, modern traditions. Though, it still took until 1986 for Wicca to formally be recognized as a religion in the United States of America by a Federal Appeals Court (Simmons, 2007).
Witchcraft can trace its origins back to the Paleolithic era when people worshiped a Horned God and a Fertility Goddess. Though, it wasn't until the Picts and the Celts of ancient Britain that paganism began to really take off. Back...