Why not just call yourselves the "Favoring Anything Group"? You can even get some great monogrammed golf shirts.
After years of being labeled as devil worshippers who sacrifice animals under a full moon, the modern-day followers of ancient beliefs want to be part of the community.
In Pasco County, they're planning the first Pagan Pride Day in a popular city park. . .
[Regional coordinator for Pasco Pagans Robert] Crom was a member of the Pinellas organization. When he moved north a few years ago, he and others founded Pasco Pagans. The group, which says it has at least 50 members, has a Web site devoted to educating the public and expressing views. [TDE note: The link provided by the article doesn't work.]
"There's a lot of pagans in Pasco County,'' Crom said.
Modern-day paganism is a collection of beliefs rather than a single religion. It's polytheistic - there are many gods - and it includes ancient religions whose underlying theme is of faith based on nature and respect for one another.
Followers embrace such movements as Wicca, New Age Mysticism, American Indian practices, tarot readings and even Buddhism, a mainstream religion in Asian societies. . .
Mainstream religious leaders long have criticized paganism's liberal views on sex, divorce, drugs, homosexuality, adultery and abortion.
These days, more pagans are ``coming out of the closet,'' modeling their emergence after the gay pride movement.
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