Our Motto Is: "Do What Makes You Happy and Harms No One" [Transcript]

Becky: So pretty much, Paganism is very much about doing whatever makes you happy and doesn't hurt anyone else, really.

Gwen: It's very individualistic, os it's pretty much what you make of it. So morality and ethics are determined by you, most of the time. There's a lot of talk about making "Pagan Ethics" now, but there isn't really an overarching one, aside from "Don't harm anyone," like Becky said.

Kat: I think, even if there were an overarching moral code, homosexuality wouldn't even be an issue in Paganism, just from the nature of the religion.

Becky: And also, there's historically been a lot of glorification of the sacred nature of sexual contact. There's been documentation of hetero- and lots and lots of homosexual sacred sexual rituals and things like that.

Gwen: I think it's promoted in some of them even, in some Druid sects. I mean, every single Druid I met in the U.K. was a homosexual. (laughter) So, that kinda gives you an idea of how prevalent it is. Maybe it says something about Paganism, maybe it says something about homosexuals, the fact that it draws in those types of people, to certain brances even...

Kat: Well, yeah, it's somewhere that you can be accepted and you can practice freely so...

Gwen: And it's majority male too, so... (laughter)

Kat: (laughter) Well, yeah, Druids.

Everything in the Universe Is Connected [Movie Transcript]

Adaeze: Whatever you believe in, it centers you. If you have any problems, you can pray to your god or meditate or whatever to connect to nature. That's what I think, my idea of God is that God is a higher power but God is also the trees, and people are parts of God.

We're all connected in some way, and once we focus on that connection, we can solve all our problems. The ideas of nature, love, and God are all interconnected, and if we all concentrated on that connection, most of the world's problems wouldn't happen, because greed and all that stuff just get in the way. Just let everyone love each other. That's all I like. (laughter)

REPRESSION IS UNNECESSARY: Paganism Celebrates Sexuality of All Kinds (DeLue)

I was baptized catholic and raised vaguely Christian. My father's side of the family is Christian, while my mother's side of the family is Athiest. I was raised believing in god in some vague and not very regimented sense until I started to question. Thus began the "research" phase of my religious life.

I started researching religion as a whole. Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Paganism, Satanism and have discovered a great deal about organized religion. I've also learned that religion cannot be judged by texts, but by people.

I describe myself as a Buddhist/Pagan and am not much for organized religion. I am very happy with the philosophies of Paganism and Buddhism and they reaffirm not only my spirituality but my belief in the innate good of all men and women.

I'm a firm believer in a separation between church and state.

Religion to me is very important not really in the way of meditation prayer and ritual (though I want to make that a larger part of my life) but as a guide for the way I live. I used to listen to a podcast called Pagan Living, and she told you exactly that, how to live pagan. Not just do a ceremony on full moons or things like that but trying to be a good pagan every day through my actions. I'm happy I found a path that's as accepting as I did. Sexuality in paganism is not a dirty hidden disgusting part of us, but a celebrated and wonderful and magical and spiritual part of every one of our beings' no matter who it is with. Homosexuality is as celebrated and supported as heterosexuality.

In defense of Satanism, though it may seem like a "all for #1" philosophy, it's really about satisfaction and what people earn from you. A Satanist will be your best friend because you have earned trust and loyalty from them. This is hardly thinking only for yourself. Just playing devil's advocate. (Hehe, I made a funny...)

INDEPENDENT INTERPRETATION: I Favor Solitary Practice Over Organized Religion (James)

From birth to age 5, I was raised as a Methodist and attended Sunday School and church every week. When my family stopped going to church, I remember missing all the hugging we used to do with our Sunday School classmates before every lesson.

During my darkest hour, the third grade (1995), a.k.a the year when the Maryland district lines were re-drawn and my closest friends were transferred to separate elementary schools, I felt like that there was something missing in my life. I wanted to believe in some kind of higher power; I wanted to feel like I wasn’t alone in the world.

Having been a longtime computer nerd, in my spare time, I would just type names into the interactive Merriam-Webster Dictionary. I was fascinated by the literary origins of my friends’ names. It was enlightening to see how, for the most part, we’ve earned names from mythical beings. I embraced those stories and called upon those figures (mainly Greek and Roman gods) for guidance.

Eventually this fascination with mythology and magic led me to start purchasing books on Wicca. For the longest time, I believed that I could control the weather with the power of my mind; I always thought that would be a cool ability to have. I also got really good at reading tarot cards. My faith made me a happier person, but when I had a bad experience during a solitary ritual (involving 6 golden spiders crawling over my body), I completely abandoned it.

During my junior year, some friends of mine started the GAIA Pagan Society, and just being around such enthusiastic, positive people re-affirmed my faith and made me want to practice again. Since the pagan religion values sexuality of all kinds and it is thought that states of sexual ecstasy bring followers closer to the Goddess and the God, homosexuality is perfectly acceptable.

Religion isn’t a huge part of my life, but I do think that everyone should believe in something, meaning some higher power. I’m not a huge fan of organized religion; I prefer solitary practice, and it’s comforting to know that I have a one-on-one connection with a divine being. I wouldn’t mind if my partner weren’t religious at all, and I wouldn’t try to force my beliefs onto him. However, if he were a ”crazy Christian” who spouted off slogans like “Hate the sin, Not the sinner,” then that would probably cause major problems in our relationship.