[Vision2020] Do Wiccans Make Good Neighbors?

[keely emerinemix]

No, actually, it doesn't sound like anyone I know.  Certainly not my Wiccan friend, which I believe was your point, and certainly not anyone else I am acquainted with.

The woman in the story was clearly disturbed and unwell, a description which fits many people I know -- even the ones whose religious faith I share.

keely

"Patriarchy and its abuses, including the alienation of woman and man from each other, resulted from the material demands of life outside of the Creator's abundance,  a state God never intended human beings to experience in the first place ... Redemption means turning over the order of things in the fallen world."
-- Dr. Carrie Miles




> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:06 -0400
> From: heirdoug at netscape.net
> Subject: [Vision2020] Do Wiccans Make Good Neighbors?
> 
> This sounds like some of our own ladies here on the Palouse...
> 
> 
> 
>     Woman Arrested for Yelling Witch Chants
> 
>    WAUKESHA - A Waukesha woman was arrested early Tuesday morning for 
> disturbing neighbors by yelling witch chants around a bonfire she built 
> 10-feet from her home, police Capt. Mike Babe said.
> 
>      Brenna K. Barney, 42, told police that they were infringing on her 
> religious beliefs since she is a Wiccan and she was performing a ritual 
> because of a new moon, Babe said. She said her name is Brenna Raven 
> Moonfire.
> 
>      Criminal charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct were 
> filed against Barney in Waukesha County Circuit Court.
> 
>      Police may also give Barney a ticket alleging negligent handling of 
> burning materials, Babe said.
> 
>      Neighbors in the 2300 block of Madison St. called police at 12:11 
> a.m., Babe said.
> 
>      When an officer arrived, he heard the woman yelling in the backyard 
> and found her wearing headphones, a T-shirt and underwear, Babe said. 
> The officer tried to get her attention by shining a flashlight on her 
> but she continued yelling her chants.
> 
>      At one point she poured lighter fluid on the fire, which was 
> 10-feet from her residence, he said. She was burning rubber car mats 
> and a cooler, Babe said.
> 
>      When the officer was able to get the woman's attention she refused 
> to cooperate telling the officer she was performing a religious ritual. 
> She continued to be belligerent and the officer could smell alcohol on 
> the woman's breath, Babe said.
> 
>      Four officers responded to the scene and were able to take the 
> woman into custody. She was first taken to Waukesha Memorial Hospital 
> where she continued to yell and swear at officers and hospital staff, 
> Babe said.
> 
>     After she was medically cleared, she was taken to jail.
> 
> http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/9157701.html
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