Source: The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=61197&ran=105263
On October 18, 2003 The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star published an editorial in which Michael Murphy discussed the unease with which many pagans celebrate Halloween. "Most Pagans will, as I do, stay at home and find private ways to celebrate," he writes. "It isn't that we don't want to participate publicly in the occasion; we would love to. What we fear is that we will be lumped in with the crazies out there. We are never interviewed or sought out. Why? We are no different than anyone else. Pagans, the real ones, come in many types. Wiccans, Druids, the paths are many, like Episcopalians or Baptists. We have a number of gods or goddesses depending on the path of the individual, though for some of us a god merely represents an idea. There is no blood sacrifice, no evil spells or dancing around in goat hide leggings. There are however, drum circles, teaching circles on morals and fellowship. They are our equivalent of your choir, Bible study and, well, fellowship."