Persecution of Pagans includes the loss of human rights under the law or through individual hate crimes for people who practise or who might be thought to practise paganism. See also Portal:Law The stela of King Hammurabi depicts the god Shamash revealing a code of laws to the king. ... A hate crime (bias crime), loosely defined, is a crime committed because of the perpetrators prejudices. ... Paganism (from Latin paganus, meaning a country dweller or civilian) is a blanket term which has come to connote a broad set of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices of natural or polytheistic religions, as opposed to the Abrahamic monotheistic religions. ...

Historical Persecution

The Battle of the Beanfield was an incident in 1985 when Wiltshire Police prevented a convoy of several hundred New age travellers from setting up the fourteenth Stonehenge free festival in Wiltshire, England. It is notorious for the amount of police brutality alleged to have taken place. The Battle of the Beanfield was an incident in 1985 when Wiltshire Police prevented a convoy of several hundred New age travellers from setting up the fourteenth Stonehenge free festival in Wiltshire, England. ... This article is about the year. ... Wiltshire Constabulary is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Wiltshire and Swindon in south-west England. ... New age travellers or Peace Convoy are a peculiarly British social phenomenon consisting of people who often espouse New age and Neopagan beliefs, and who travel between music festivals and fairs in order to live in a community with others who hold similar beliefs. ... Stonehenge Stonehenge is a Neolithic and Bronze Age megalithic monument located near Amesbury in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. ... The Stonehenge free festival was a festival from 1972 to 1984 held at Stonehenge in England during the month of June, and culminating on the summer solstice on June 21st. ... Wiltshire (abbreviated Wilts) is a large southern English county. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... Police brutality is a term used to describe the excessive use of physical force, assault, verbal attacks, and threats by police officers. ...

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In the United States a member of the SubGenius hierarchy, the Rev. Magdalen (a.k.a. Rachel Bevilacqua), writes on her website [1] that participating in the Church's X-Day art gags led to the loss of custody of her son. Judge Punch felt the pictures of X-Day performance art were evidence enough to suspect “severe mental illness”. Rachel has had no contact with Kohl since February 3, 2006. The Bevilacquas are seeking donations [2] to launch an appeal and the ACLU is engaging in an investigation. (February 20, 2006). Image File history File links Wikinews-logo. ... Wikinews is a free-content news source and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation. ... J. R. Bob Dobbs The Church of the SubGenius is a satirical pseudo-religious organization, originally based in Dallas, Texas, which gained popularity in the 1980s and 1990s subculture, with a large presence on the Internet. ... X-Day was the term used by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters for the day that they would begin the Greater East Asia War, a part of World War II. X-Day is the name for July 5th, 1998, the scheduled end of the world in the Church of the... The ACLU logo The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a major national non-profit organization with headquarters in New York City, whose stated mission is to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United...