Actually Mitch, that's not the whole story. No wiccans in that county requested that the school board halt Halloween festivities; the school board did it on their own initiative. Some wiccans are actually protesting the move becaues they feel like they're being scapegoated by the board's conservative push to step on the celebration for its own sake.

I never meant to imply that Wiccans were behind the move, and if I had, I'd have looked dumb, since the story states that part of the story fairly clearly.

I, for one, think banning images of witches at schools is a great idea. I also think we should ban stereotypical images of one-eyed, green-faced zombie people, lest we hurt the feelings of real one-eyed, green-faced zombie people, a diverse group whose beliefs, experiences and culture cannot be accurately portrayed -- and indeed can only be mocked and misunderstood -- by children wearing one-eyed, green-faced zombie people costumes to school.
And my son is portraying a stereotypical view of males in his Bob the Freakin' Builder costume.
Gimme a break.

Actually, it's refreshing to see a school board banning Halloween because it's offensive to Wiccans, as opposed to a school board banning Halloween because it's offensive to conservative Christians.

Look around at your friendly neighborhood school, folks. Dollars to donuts, they're celebrating "Harvest Festival" today. They ain't doing it for the Wiccans.

"They ain't doing it for the Wiccans."

The phlox they're not. If it weren't for the pagan harvest festival tradition, there'd be no Halloween, ergo no holiday at all.