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The Pagan Strength Web is a new network within Circle Network
formed to protect religious freedom for Wiccans and other Pagans
and to give spiritual support to those harrassed because of their
religion. The Web emerged this October to get rid of Federal
legislation aimed at denying tax exempt status to Craft groups.
Here are some ways to participate in the Pagan Strength Web
and help it with its work.
Letter Writers - The Web needs people to write letters to
lawmakers about any legislation, such as the Walker Bill, which
threatens religious freedom. The Web also needs people to write
the mainstream news media with compliments of good coverage of
Paganism and complaints of slanderous reports.
Group Contacts - In order to get calls to action out to even
more people more quickly in the future, we are compiling a
special list of group contacts for Pagan Rights work. Every
Wiccan Coven, Goddess Circle, Magickal Lodge, and other Pagan
Group that wants to be part of the Pagan Strength Web and
notified of emergency alerts needs to select a contact person to
be responsible for quickly relaying information to the rest of
the group. To be a group contact, write the Web c/o Circle as
soon as possible with the following information: your name,
address, and phone, plus your group's name and orientation. This
information will be kept confidential and used for Pagan Rights
alerts and other special reports only.
Lawyers - Circle is compiling a special list of lawyers
interested in working with the Pagan Strength Web by providing
counsel to individuals and groups in need and/or helping defend
Pagan religious freedoms in the courts. Interested lawyers
should contact us as soon as possible with the following infor-
mation: your name, address, phone, short summary of legal
training and experience, background in Paganism. Also, please
specify what services you are willing to donate and what fees
would be charged for other services you may provide.
Reporters - We need people to keep us informed of positive
and negative coverage in all types of media. We especially need
people to monitor the fundamentalist Christian media for in-
stances of slanderous attacks on Pagan religions. In addition,
the Web needs people to report on instances of discrimination,
harrassment and other persecution, as well as on efforts to
uphold Pagan religious freedom in your local area. Updates and
reports we receive on Pagan Rights issues and actions will be
published in this new Pagan Strength Web section of CIRCLE
NETWORK NEWS, unless those who give us reports specify otherwise.
In cases of emergencies (such as the Helms Amendment), alerts
will be issued by phone and through first class mailings.
Contributors - The Pagan Strength Web needs money in order to
do its work. Money is needed to pay for printing and postage of
special mailings and is especially needed to pay for all the
phone calls we have made and are still making in connection with
Pagan Rights work. Even though Amendment 705 died, we have
continued to make calls to stay updated on other legislation that
is still in the works. In addition, we have been on the phone
more than ever before providing help to Pagans who have been per-
secuted because of their religion (reports of some of these cases
are published on this page). Donations, large and small, are
needed in order for the Rights services of the Web to continue.
All donations are still tax deductible. Make checks payable to
Circle and specify that donations are for the Pagan Rights Fund.
Magick Workers - The Web needs individuals and groups to send
healing and strength to Pagans who have been attacked for their
beliefs. Remember them in your meditations and energy workings.
Any spiritual support you can give to those in need does make a
difference. Having experienced persecution several times our-
selves, we know this very well -- the energy received from
Pagans, including those who had never met us, very much helped us
get through our times of crisis and helped give us the strength
to continue with our work. We hope that our readers will send
healing energy to everyone listed in the Circle of Strength
section in this and future issues.
TO CONTACT THE WEB: Write Pagan Strength Web, Circle, Box 219,
Mt. Horeb, WI 53572 USA, or call (608) 924-2216.
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE ... WALKER BILL, HR 3389
The wording and intent of the Walker Bill is nearly the same
as the Helms Amendment, except that it does not mention Satanism
at all and it stands on its own, rather than being an amendment.
Introduced to the House on September 19 by Congressman Robert
Walker of Pennsylvania, it is presently in the House Ways and
Means Committee. While the Helms amendment was defeated as well
as the similar amendment Congressman Schulze (a friend of
Walker's) tried to attach to the massive Tax Reform Bill in Oc-
tober, it appears that Walker is still trying to find some way to
get his bill, HR 3389, passed.
The Tax Reform Bill may be considered by legislators as early
as this February or March, and some of our contacts on Capitol
Hill have warned us that there may be another attempt to get le-
gislation passed that could affect tax exempt status of Wiccan
churches.
PLEASE WRITE your Senators and Representatives right away and
state your opposition to the Walker Bill and any similar legis-
lation. Focus on the importance of preserving the country's
Freedom of Religion. Keep us posted on your efforts and any
replies you get from those you write. Thanks!
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CIRCLE OF STRENGTH
These pagans have been harrassed because of their religion.
Please remember them in your healing meditations and rituals: