[Vision2020] Do Wiccans Make Good Neighbors?

[deb]

Wow! If there is someone on the Palouse behaving this way, we surely would 
have read about it in the Daily Snooze. This doesn't sound like a Wiccan, it 
sounds like a very disturbed individual. No Wiccan would burn toxic 
materials like car mats and coolers.
No part of any Wiccan religious ceremony calls for being completely drunk 
and disorderly, screaming loudly enough to wake neighbors, nor assaulting 
police officers.

As Here Dog has done in the past, he's confused and generalizing based on 
lack of accurate information....

Debi R-S




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <heirdoug at netscape.net>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 8:00 PM
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
> ________________________________________________________________________
> Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail -- Unlimited storage and
> industry-leading spam and email virus protection.
>
> =======================================================
> List services made available by First Step Internet,
> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
>               http://www.fsr.net
>          mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
> =======================================================
>