Education about Pagans in our schools

I got this article sent to me in my newsletter subscription from http://paganwiccan.about.com and thought it should be shared.

Much the same thing has happened in English schools too with a Pagan parent I know offering to go in and talk on the subject only to find that the 'open' invitation to educate the classes on various religions suddenly wasn't so 'open' as before. While Pagans are much freer to live their lives than they have ever been there is still a heck of a lot of prejudice and fear out there.
In fairness, there are also schools out there that are actually giving teachers the opportunity to pass on this knowledge to our children as I know that at least one of my site members is a non-Pagan teacher in a school that has supported him in teaching his students about the Pagan religion as equally as other religions.
In my humble opinion it is incumbent on every one of us to challenge this prejudice in as non-confrontational a manner as possible, for as long as is necessary, to bring Pagan's on a par with all other religions in our schools.

Fear and Loathing in Buncombe County
By Patti Wigington, About.com Guide   February 6, 20

http://paganwiccan.about.com/b/2012/02/06/fear-and-loathing-in-buncombe-county.htm?nl=1