There
is something incredibly disheartening about listening to your coworkers
make fun of a belief you have. Granted, my coworkers don't know I'm a
witch and that I work with crystals and things. But listening to them
make fun of a crystal book the library just ordered, really reminded me
that I'm definitely the minority here.
And
I'm seriously tired of it. I was getting grumpy at myself for my
knee-jerk reaction of aversion anytime something Christian popped up on
my Pinterest while I was scrolling through for ideas for my story
times. But, honestly, it's because Christianity is so accepted and I'm
tired of my religion not being so accepted.
I
mean, for example. WitchFest in Austin already knows of a number of
Churches and Individuals that are planning on demonstrating against the
event and the people coming to enjoy it. Could you imagine if we did
the same for any sort of Church rally or Church camp? And of course,
the people hosting WitchFest are strongly urging everyone to just ignore
the hecklers and to not engage. Which I get. But at the same time,
why the fuck do we always have to lay down and let them walk all over
us? Why do we have to be the meek and civil? When are we allowed to be
outraged at their prejudice? When are we allowed to push back? When
are we allowed to be protected from this continued bigotry?
I
dunno. I'm just TIRED of it. I am halfway tempted to buy a Church of
Satan bumper sticker to put in my cubicle. ::chuckles:: I wouldn't put
it on my car, because I can't afford people to fuck it up due to the
bumper sticker. Realistically, I will be bringing my little bowl of
crystals up to work. One of my new pen-pals did an ATC (artist trading
card) of Sekhmet for me, that I want to bring up to work as well.
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