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More on the Persecution of Wiccans in Texas

Wednesday August 6, 2003
There has been more information about the persecution of Wiccans in Texas - and it appears to involve the same people, although I'm not absolutely sure about that. Right now reports suggest that those who are being targeted have also received threats from the local sheriff.

According to the Austin-American Statesman:

Over the past 10 months, Allen said, threatening phone calls have poured in and strange cars have followed her home from her store at night. The police dismissed her requests for protection, she said. Allen also claims that in March, one Llano County sheriff's deputy told her daughter that "we had a family practicing witchcraft awhile back, but we ran them out of town."

Police deny the allegations, but it doesn't take a big stretch of imagination to think that they might be true. Not everyone in this new town is bigoted, but if enough are she won't be safe and will have to move again.

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