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Tony
07-24-2009, 07:54 PM
Pagan police officers in some areas of the United Kingdom are being allowed to take as many as eight days leave a year for events such as the summer solstice and Halloween.

According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), website, the move comes after the Pagan Police Association was set up following discussions with Home Office officials.

The BBC says policy on police leave varies between forces in England and Wales.

The BBC explained that Hertfordshire Police lets Pagan staff re-allocate the traditional bank holidays to meet their beliefs -- it has also appointed two Pagan chaplains.

Police Constable Andy Pardy, a Pagan neighborhood beat officer in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, outside London, was one of the officers involved in setting up the association.

PC Pardy told Police Review magazine: "Paganism is not the new age, tree-hugging fad that some people think it is. It is not the clandestine, horrible, evil thing that people think it is.

it continues here (http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2009/s09070099.htm)

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Pagan police to get witchcraft holidays

Police officers who indulge in witchcraft have been given the right to take Hallowe'en and the summer solstice off as religious holidays.
Bosses have formally recognised pagans as a minority group and granted them the same rights as others such as Muslims.

Members of the new Pagan Police Association will have guaranteed holiday on the faith's eight festival days. But one pagan officer has sparked controversy by admitting he uses witchcraft to boost his chances of promotion.

'You cannot alter someone's free will with witchcraft but you could use it if you had a promotion coming up, or you were worried about a friend or a particular area of work,' said PC Andy Hill of Staffordshire Police.

Heathen PC Andy Pardy from Hertfordshire Police, who set up the association, said there were misconceptions about the religion. It did not involve 'dancing naked around a fire', he said.

'It involves chanting, music, meditation, reading passages. For pagans, the practices are seen to have the same power as prayer does for Christians.'

But the president of the National Secular Society said faith groups were 'dangerous' and could compromise police impartiality. 'The police should call a stop to this and dismantle all religious groups,' said Terry Sanderson.

Both the Police Federation and the Home Office supported the pagan move.

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Pagan_police_to_get_witchcraft_holida ys&in_article_id=704711&in_page_id=34

Kempenzoon
07-24-2009, 08:29 PM
But one pagan officer has sparked controversy by admitting he uses witchcraft to boost his chances of promotion.

'You cannot alter someone's free will with witchcraft but you could use it if you had a promotion coming up, or you were worried about a friend or a particular area of work,' said PC Andy Hill of Staffordshire Police.

Blathering idiot. -_-

From the little I read the other guy seems legit though.

But overall, good on those guys for finally getting this. Now they're finally treated equally to Islam ... pretty disgusting thought if you think about it, that it takes quite a lot of effort and goodwill in a Western country to be treated equal to an invading religion.