Daily Telegraph by James Langton James Langton in New York Christian groups have called for a boycott on serving in the armed forces following a decision to recognise witchcraft as an organised religion which can be openly practised on American military bases. The Pentagon ruling, which allows members of the armed forces who are witches to hold pagan rituals inside bases, has angered conservative politicians and religious organisations, including the Christian Coalition and the American Family Association. They are among 13 groups who say that Christians should not serve in the American armed forces until the rituals are banned. They deny any involvement with satanism, saying Wicca is a form of nature worship based on pre-Christian pagan rituals from Europe.
Followers pray to a god and goddess they believe is incarnate in the Earth and the cycles of nature.
Wicca is nothing like that. We are not baby killers. Commanders first officially recognised witches at the army base in Fort Hood, Texas, last month. The ceremony took place inside Fort Hood, where it is estimated that there are up to 200 witches. Witches claim that they have a constitutional right to hold ceremonies.