A Wiccan priestess is countering Delaware Republican Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell's comments about witchcraft. CNN reports that the Reverend Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary of Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, says about Ms. O'Donnell's unfortunate linking of wiccan beliefs and Satanism,
“It’s an opportunity to get some correct information out there. That’s how I see it. There’s comedy about it, hot debate about it, lots of pundits weighing in. But one of the things that really hasn’t gotten through is how ridicule and defamation can harm people."
Um, that would be group defamation. And yes, it can harm people, especially those who didn't think they were in the line of fire, but were just sort of ambling by, minding their own business.
For those interested, Mt. Horeb was until last year also the site of the National Mustard Museum, founded by lawyer Barry Levenson. It moved to Middleton, Wisconsin in search of more room for mustard. Mr. Levenson (not the actor/director) is also the author of the food/law book Habeas Codfish (University of Wisconsin Press). (As I do all too often, I digress).
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