# School District Cancels Halloween So As Not To Offend Real Witches

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-district-cancels-halloween-so-as-not-to-offend-real-witches/270492
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [October 21, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-district-cancels-halloween-so-as-not-to-offend-real-witches/270492 "2004-10-21T21:23:27Z")
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### Author: ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2004, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-district-cancels-halloween-so-as-not-to-offend-real-witches/270492/81 "2004-10-26T16:32:28Z")

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Um, reading this thread makes it sound like some Wiccans tried to cancel Halloween at the school. Did everyone miss this line in the article?

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> Hanson said members of the Wiccan religion did not ask the school district to cancel the Halloween events.

Sounds to me like some school administrators are trying to cancel Halloween and are using Wiccans and poor families as scapegoats.

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