PAGANS AND THE LAW Understand Your Rights DANA D. EILERS Attorney and Pagan Activist A DIVISION OF THE CAREER PRESS, INC. FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ Copyright © 2003 by Dana D. Eilers All rights reserved under the Pan-American and International Copyright Conventions. This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system now known or hereafter invented, without written permission from the publisher, The Career Press. PAGANS AND THE LAW EDITED BY LAUREN MANOY TYPESET BY STACEY A. FARKAS Cover design by Cheryl Cohan Finbow Printed in the U.S.A. by Book-mart Press This book provides information about the law merely designed to help readers understand their own legal needs. But legal information is not the same as legal advice—the application of law to an individual’s specific circumstances. Accordingly, the contents of this publication are intended as general legal information only and should not form the basis for legal advice of any kind. Professional legal advice should be sought and/or taken before any course of action is pursued. The Career Press, Inc., 3 Tice Road, PO Box 687, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417 www.careerpress.com www.newpagebooks.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Eilers, Dana D. Pagans and the law : understand your rights / by Dana Eilers. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56414-671-5 (pbk.) 1. Neopagans—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States. I. Title. KF4869.N45E38 2003 342.73’0852—dc21