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Poster: "Terry L. Neill" <t_neill@hotmail.com>

Greetings!

Marlo W. Peck wrote:

>Modern law prohibits the emphasis on religion in the SCA,
>Incorporated

Actually, modern law doesn't care.

In the spirit of myth-busting, here is a quote from the SCA's Corpora.  
The Board of Directors has stated in Governing and Policy Decision #6:

"POLICY ON RELIGION (June 1980, revised July 1988)
Having no wish to recreate the religious conflicts of the period under 
study, the Society for Creative Anachronism, Incorporated, shall neither 
establish nor prohibit any system of belief among its members. No one 
shall perform any religious or magical ceremony at a Society event (or 
in association with the name of the Society) in such a way as to imply 
that the ceremony is authorized, sponsored, or promulgated by the 
Society or to force anyone at a Society event, by direct or indirect 
pressure, to observe or join the ceremony. However, this provision is in 
no way intended to discourage the study of historical belief systems and 
their effects on the development of Western culture.

"Except as provided herein, neither the Society nor any member acting in 
its name or that of any of its parts shall interfere with any person's 
lawful ceremonies, nor shall any member discriminate against another 
upon grounds related to either's system of belief."



What that essentially means is that any member of the SCA can do 
anything they want religiously in the SCA, PROVIDED it is not done in a 
manner that makes it look as if the SCA is responsible for the event, 
and allows anyone not interested to stay not interested.  So go ahead 
and hold high holy Mass, if you want.  Just do it in your camp site, not 
in the list field (for example).  Ditto for weddings, baptisms, etc.

Sounds like a fun list.  I hope it takes off and you all have a great 
time discussing an important part of our period of study.

Regards!

  - Anarra Karlsdottir
    Bright Hills
    Atlantia

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