Pagan Only Please: Ever Been Persecuted? (beliefs, experience, pagans, pray)

[Blindinglight]

The only persucution I have faced was my parents kicking me out. Fortunatly, I got along very well with one of my high school counselors, and he let me live with him until I was able to have a stable finacial situation for myself.
I get the typical name calling, and have lost clients due to it (I work at a music store/recording studio as a studio guitarist, and guitar, bass, drum, and piano teacher), parents hurrying the kids out of the way, and other petty things.
It is rather humerous to be hired to write some garage band who isn't going anywhere's solos and riffs, but then being turned down because "you're not worthy of writing music for a Christian band." Doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's HILARIUS!

[Isabella Lecour]

I haven't faced much persuction as a Pagan, not even when I've taken to wearing the Pentagram in public. I've been snobed, and I've see the elder ladies in the grocery store on Sunday walk quickly away from me but that's the normal run of the mill closed mindedness of folks who look for those that are different.

I've had more snobbery and hostiality towards me when I'm out with my sister and her boyfriend which are an interracial couple. What I find funny is that I faced much more persuction as a Christian when I was a child/young adult. But I couldn't blame it on religion then, so maybe it was just a part of growing up or maybe it was the mindset of expecting persuction.

I know I live in a fairly liberal area. There are local Pagan festivals that are held yearly and there hasn't been any major outrage other than from dear old Pat Robertson, and that's become an odd yearly tradition.

[Azakel]

Not in person, mostly just online really, and mostly here I guess, but I don't let it bother me really. I did have some one once tell me that I couldn't practice Shinto because I'm white.......lol.

O some EX:
I will not call your god a demon it may offend you (and it breaks the forum rules)

1.to me this is what the person really meant, but with the other word in there......Loophole.

2. We do know, to a certain extent, what good and evil spirits are capable of.
^ This was said in response to me saying that may Goddess appeared to me as a Wolf an that we as human don't know what God can and will do, well any with some other post it seem to me that they where trying to call my Goddess evil.

Any way I just need to rant sometimes and it's all over now. I'm good.

[EponaRose]

I'm rather lucky as the symbol for Druidism is not well known. (Finding Awen jewlery is nearly impossible) Religion is rarely a topic at work and I don't bring the subject up . I've never been pointedly asked. If I think it would cost me my job or cause serious trouble, I say "I was raised Lutheran" which is true. Although the area I'm in is pretty Pagan friendly, I don't want to rock the boat.

[Shadow Wolf]

I'm rather lucky as the symbol for Druidism is not well known.

Which symbol are you refering to?

I have lost a few friends, but nothing so severe it has greatly impacted my life.