Would arranged marriages and dating services work for Pagan communities?
Asks Star Foster, editor of the Patheos Pagan Portal, in a recent blog post.
"A fantastic idea! Arranged marriages would combine all the excitement of a blind date with the permanence of a messy divorce!"
Shelly Morgan la Fay, 24, Avalonian polytheist
"I always thought Christian-only dating services were kind of creepy. All those clean-cut kids fresh out of youth group looking for someone who wouldn't challenge their deeply-held beliefs, who just wanted to settle down, make babies and pass on their religion to the next generation. But thanks to Star, I see now that a Pagan-only dating service wouldn't be creepy at all. Just a bunch of cool kids fresh out of Spiral Scouts looking for someone who won't challenge their deeply-held beliefs, who just wants to settle down, make babies and pass on their religion to the next generation. Makes a lot of sense when you put it like that..."
Lupin Godfellow, 30, Heathen
"It's true that Pagans can be too individualistic and selfish sometimes. I don't think that sad situation with Iris Firemoon and the Open Hearth Foundation would ever have happened if her husband had been a well-known, respected member of the Pagan community."
Jamie Elf-Arrow, 48, reformed Reclaiming
"People who are against arranged marriages just don't know what they're missing. I had an arranged marriage, and I'm very happy! I met my wife at a summer festival when a mutual friend of ours introduced us and we really hit it off. ....That's what an arranged marriage is, right?"
Edris Star Ravynne, 51, traditional Witch
"I applaud Star's courage for coming out in support of arranged marriages. In fact, I don't think she goes far enough. Modern Pagans should really consider how much could be gained from arranged family planning. The Christians were really onto something when they decided to make birth control a sin — just look at how many kids Catholic families have, and how fast their religion is growing! If Pagans ever want our community to be taken seriously as a legitimate religion, we're going to need to pump up our numbers, and quick."
Aylwyn TheoGreen, 16, eclectic Pagan
"Star's brilliant, thought-provoking writing makes it very clear how divisiveness in our community comes from a lack of traditional family values, and not from blog posts that start, 'I already know what you think, and I don't care...'"
Hawkeye Malachite, 29, Icelandic animist
"I'm so lonely. I just want to be loved...."
Lorelei Elder Mystic, 42, solitary Kemetic reconstructionist
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