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| PAGAN POLICE HOLIDAY TO CELEBRATE FESTIVALS | |
| 2009-07-17 | |
| POLICE who worship heathen gods will get eight days off a year to celebrate pagan festivals. They are also in line for thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money in recognition of their status as a "community" of pagans. Home Office chiefs this week gave their backing to the Pagan Police Association which will be entitled to public funding, along the lines of that given to other rank-and-file organisations like the National Black Police ÂAssociation. Once recognised as a minority, officers will be given time off for the eight annual pagan festivals, including Halloween and the summer solstice. Last year the Home Office introduced a pagan oath which can be used in the courts and yesterday officials said self-styled witches, Druids and heathens were welcome in the police. But last night there was growing anger that public money should be spent supporting the policemen's "religion". Matthew Elliott, Chief Executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "This is utterly ridiculous and a total waste of money. Police can follow whatever religion they like but there is no reason why taxpayers should fund them to lobby for their personal beliefs. "Instead of bending over backwards to fund this politically correct group, the Government should have told them to get on with the fight against crime. The last thing we need is a police force split up into innumerable minority groups." That has already happened. If bobbies who belong to the "Religion of Peace" can get all their holidays off or even be police in the first place, there is no reason the adherents of these ancient European belief systems cannot do the same. Laura Midgely, of the Campaign Against Political Correctness, said: "The police have got a very clear job to do -- they should just get on and do it." Heathen PC Andy Pardy, of Hertfordshire police, met Home Office officials this week to discuss the creation of an officially-sanctioned pagan support group for police nationwide. The association will provide support and guidance to pagan officers around the country who want to fit their beliefs around their police work. More than 30,000 people claimed to be practising pagans in the 2001 census. There are believed to be up to 200,000 pagans in Britain. There are also believed to be more than 500 pagan police in Britain, including a 50-strong coven in London's Metropolitan force. The cult was the subject of the 1973 classic film The Wicker Man, starring Brit Ekland . Adherents worship nature and believe in many gods. Practices include witchcraft and druidism. As a heathen, PC Pardy, who has been a policeman for seven years, worships Viking gods, including hammer-wielding Thor, the one-eyed Odin and the god of fertility, Freyr. Another heathen, PC Andy Hill, of Staffordshire police, is a practising wiccan -- a pagan witch. He is also the founder of paganpolice groupuk.co.uk, a website for police officers. PC Hill, who claims he has cast spells to help his promotion prospects, said: "This is nothing to do with black magic, or devil worshipping. Witchcraft is not the hocus pocus, puff of smoke, turning people into frogs stuff you see on the TV. It is working with nature for good." A Home Office spokesman said: "The Government wants a police service that reflects the diverse communities it serves." As you may have heard, female RoP cops are being issued their own burqa style uniforms. Pagan cops should therefore insist on having their own distinctive uniforms, complete with horned or plumed helmet, leather jerkin, and broadsword. It would be great in high crime areas.
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| Posted by:Atomic Conspiracy |
| #1 I have a simple solution. No more religious holidays for anyone. Government holidays only. Period. Full stop. This means you. Anybody who bitches is hereby invited to quit. That is all. Carry on. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-07-17 15:54 |