Another annoying tenet of faith shared by the NWO and their fluffbunny subscribers is this idea that real Wiccans agree on everything and as such must always stick together because, well, we're all Wiccans. While I believe that birds of a feather should flock together, and that there is indeed strength in wnumbers, this is completely in error.
Try to seriously apply this in the real world - you know, the one that you and I live in - and you'll quickly find out how wrong this is.
Let's try to apply this to Christians (under the definition that Christian = person who believes in Christ's divinity). This would mean that every Catholic, Seventh Day Adventist, Lutheran, and Baptist must all stand by each other and support each other unquestioningly because, well, they're all Christians. See, it doesn't work. Why? Because the SDA thinks that the Catholic's been duped by Satan. The Catholic thinks that the Lutheran has been deceived, and the Baptist thinks all non-Baptists are sincerely fucked in the head. Sure, they're all Christians to me, but I'm on the outside looking in. Remember the civil war which debuted in the mid-70s starring the hereditaries and the Gardnerians (which is, from what I've observed, still going on today), grappling over which is the real witch? Well, to a conservative Christian, we're all witches, we're all duped by Satan and as such are going to Hell in a handbasket. See where I'm going with this?
Of course it's silly to lump Gardnerians, hereditaries, Asatru, Kemetics and Draoi all in one bunch. We're not all the same. In fact, even within Wiccans, you have several factions (denominations?), including Gardnerian, Alexandrian, Seax-Wica, Dianic, and any number of eclectic trads, who are certainly not going to see eye to eye on things.
For instance, let's take people with black hair. Should everyone with black hair stick together just for having black hair? Saddam Hussein, Adolf Hitler, Trent Reznor and Chris Rock all have black hair. Something tells me they all won't quite see eye to eye on many issues. Should they scratch each other's back just for a surface feature?
No. You see, being Wiccan is only one facet of Wiccan lives. Just because you and Jane are Wiccan doesn't mean you agree on anything else at all. For instance, you might have different stances on abortion, or free speech, or parenting, or military conflict, or environmental issues, or any of the other largely divisive issues between religious camps.
And if I don't agree with you, and you and I happen to share a common trait or religion, don't take that to be tracherous. I'm not a traitor to my Craft if I disagree with you or (kevin forbid) Starhawk. I tolerate (read: put up with) your view, and Starhawk's view. I may not like it, but you have the right to say it and I can't stand in your way of that. Same goes for me.
We're not one great big happy Wiccan family. This ain't Happy World. I'm not that delusional. Most of the Wiccans and Pagans I choose to associate with ain't either. We don't agree on a lot, but we don't stick up for each other because we're all Wiccans and the Family should stick together. THIS AIN'T THE FUCKING SOPRANOS. We stick together because we're friends (read: people who enjoy each other's company).
It's not a family. It's a family religion. There is a difference. But Wicca isn't just a religion. If you're Wiccan, it's YOUR religion. You can stick up for yourself.
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