Last week, when Wiccan priestess Deborah Maynard delivered the opening prayer for the Iowa House of representatives the leader of the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) in Cedar Rapids ...

Many of Iowa's House lawmakers opted to skip a prayer offered by a member of the Wiccan faith.The prayer Thursday by Deborah Maynard, a Wiccan from Cedar Rapids, was a break from tradition. Cedar ...

Rep. Liz Bennett invited Priestess Deborah Maynard, out of Cedar Rapids, to give a Wiccan invocation to the House of Representatives in a couple weeks. It's an unusual decision that's raising a lot of ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- A woman who practices a religion rooted in witchcraft is suing county officials for refusing to add her name to a list of clergy invited to open board meetings with a prayer. The ...

RICHMOND — A federal appeals court yesterday ruled against a priestess of the Wiccan faith who wanted to give the opening prayer when a local board of supervisors meets. Cynthia Simpson sued ...

Republicans are escalating attacks on Iowa Democratic candidate Sarah Trone Garriott by pointing to her past op-eds — including her defense of a Wiccan-led statehouse prayer in which she argued "Jesus ...

The Iowa House began its work session on Thursday with a modern pagan blessing by a Wiccan faith leader as a group of Christians elsewhere in the state Capitol solemnly recited their own prayers.

RICHMOND, Dec. 6 -- In Chesterfield County, elected leaders bow their heads for a brief prayer to start every meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Local ministers, priests and the occasional rabbi, ...

The night wind pushes Don Larsen’s green robe against his lanky frame. A circle of torches lights his face. “The old gods are standing near!” calls a retired Army intelligence officer. “To watch the ...