I’m looking for some confirmation/denial information here. My wife was visiting some friends this weekend, and while discussing politics, they showed her a web site with the following story (No, I don’t have the URL) Because of the nature in which the story came to me (oral retelling 1.5 days later) I only have vague info. The story:
At some recent question-asking opportunity, George W. Bush was asked if he would support a bill currently in Congress that would remove Wicca and related faiths from the list of those approved / accredited / sanctioned / supported for practice by members of the US military. His response was to the effect of “Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Bhuddism are all ok, but witchcraft should be illegal”
My impression was sure, this might be true. But something about it just screams agi-prop to me. The only 2 goals I can think of for planting a false story of this type would be: Make Wiccans currently not supporting Bush feel even better about their decision; or to get conservative Wiccans (both of them) to abandon Bush for Gore/Nader/whoever.
So, anyone else heard this? Have a date/situation for the quote? Have a bill number for the refernced legislation? Any info one way or the other on this story?
Yes, Dubya did indeed say that. Here’s a quote from the Freedom of Religion website. The article is mainly about Bob Barr and Strom Thurmond, but Bush’s quote is toward the bottom.
Lovely. We can have freedom of religion, as long as GWB thinks it “counts” as a religion. :rolleyes: Someone should perhaps delicately remind him that Christianity was once considered a wacky cult too.
The really sad thing is that I moved away from Texas as soon as I could after he became governor and now he may be moving to where I live again. I think he is following me.
I hated him then and I hate him now even more. I can’t believe that he beat Ann Richards. Now she was smart, funny, and just generally classy. He is a hillbilly retard (I know that is redundant but in his case he needs the second word as he is even a retard among hillbillies).
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I have a question though, why is this issue important now that Bush has weighed in? Why did no one seem to care when in was only a couple senators with this opinion?
And here’s another question. You folks seem to be worried about limits on the freedom of religious expression but no other freedoms. Does it not concern you that Gore would like to limit the types of guns you may own to only what he thinks appropiate?
Well, Unc, you skeptic and gad about town you, (sorry - I just read the ghost thread) since you ask, Gore scares the bejeezus out of me. Bush does too but to a lesser extent.
I been spending a good part of my time lately reading up on Nader. I just can’t live with the vote for the lesser of two evils thing.
But, after reading reading reading, and listening listening listening, frankly, I’d prefer just to build a cabin, move to Montana and say “the hell with it all get the hell off my land”.
(That was supposed to be a joke in case anybody feels like going bonkers on me for my last remark. No democrats were injured in the making of this post.)
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As far as I could tell from the article… I thought this just applied to the military.
Trust me… This won’t fly. I promise. I know quite a few wiccans in the Air Force, and I’ve also seen “the list”. Those of you who’ve had military service and have had id-tags made, know what “the list” is. That huge list of religions that you can put on your id-tags. If G.W. doesn’t allow for Wicca in the military I can think of three others he’ll have to take off that list right off the top of my head.
Personally I think they both suck and am writing in Lewis Black, with Dennis Leary as VP.
