Quote:There is a Wiccan teacher at the local junior high school in my community who insists on beginning functions with a Wiccan ceremony. So far there are upset parents, but no ACLU.I have the impression that the ACLU doesn't bother with cases where some other organization will do the same work. Probably a finance or resource thingie. Why use up ACLU resources when you know that some social-conservative group like Family Research Council or somebody is going to use their resources?
I would bet, in this case, there's probably more to the story.
The most likely "more to the story": If people know the teacher is Wiccan, they'd look at everything he does as a Wiccan thing. For example, if he has everyone take a deep breath before starting class, some students would tell people that he's doing a Wiccan ceremony. People see what they think they're going to see. It's kind of like the suspicion that many people had when a Democrat president gives a speech to schoolchildren, he's out to indoctrinate them, right?
I would also bet, that if the story is indeed true, and no roundhead group steps up, the ACLU would eventually contest Wicca practices led by a teacher in a public school classroom. (Well, except for blood orgies, those are pretty secular.)
-V
(edit: unleaded a typo)