Pagan Pride Day event
Some Unitarian Universalist church members are questioning why the congregation is hosting a day to "educate the public about what paganism is and isn't."
Friday, September 15, 2006
BY RICHARD C. DUJARDIN
Journal Religion Writer

The First Unitarian Church plans to host a Rhode Island Pagan Pride Day tomorrow, but not everyone in the church is pleased.

The daylong program has drawn fire from critics who say that Unitarian Universalism is a rational congregation that has tried to steer clear of superstition.

In a letter being circulated among members, one critic called the scheduled series of pagan workshops "a potpourri of flaky ritualities and ancient occult practices resembling a medieval Dungeons and Dragons festival." the rest