Okay, I have a lot to clear up, apparently.
Justamom: I have no intention of hiding my ideology. Why should I? Especially with people I'm supposed to call sisters and should be tighter with than anyone? It's not a label, it's a path I chose five years ago. I call myself pagan because I believe in at least one god and one goddess, though I'm still working out for myself whether all gods exist independently or if they're all facets of the same thing. As for hypocrisy about Christmas and such...Yule has pagan roots, which were assimilated by the church later. That, and it's become such a commercialized hullabaloo of gift-giving that my atheist friend celebrates it as, "International Gift-giving Day." Speaking from overseas, that view of it is pretty accurate from this side of the ocean.
Achtung: I have no idea if they knew beforehand that she was a witch.
Kevlar:
Having a pledge who could turn water into wine would be useful indeed!
Pika and Eclipse: The anti-witchcraft sentiment in the Bible mainly stems from a mistranslation in the King James version that says, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." Hebrew's a tricky language, with context mattering to the meaning of the words. Instead of "witch," a more accurate translation would have been "one who uses herbs (to poison others)." Somewhere along the way 'poisoner' got transliterated into 'sorceror' and then 'witch.'
And to all others: you have excellent suggestions and I appreciate the words of support and open-mindedness I'm seeing here.
A religious tolerance workshop would probably be a good idea, though when to squeeze it in is the clincher now.
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