USA Today has one of the best articles concerning recent Pagan/Wiccan population numbers.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-03-09-american-religion-ARIS_N.htmQUOTE: Jewish numbers showed a steady decline, from 1.8% in 1990 to 1.2% today. The percentage of Muslims, while still slim, has doubled, from 0.3% to 0.6%. Analysts within both groups suggest those numbers understate the groups' populations.
Meanwhile, nearly 2.8 million people now identify with dozens of new religious movements, calling themselves Wiccan, pagan or "Spiritualist," which the survey does not define. END QUOTEYou do realize what this means folks??? There are more of us than than ever. The chart in the article says Wiccans/Pagans are 1.2% of the population. Jews are 1.2% of the population. Muslims are 0.6% of the population. So why aren't we getting the same respect? Why aren't we getting the same communication and rapport with other communities?
The answer is pretty obvious. They still don't want to admit we exist. They really wish we'd all just go away.
Hate to say it folks.. but we're only gonna get bigger. Might as well get used to us.
Aggie