Druids vow to defend sword ban to the hilt

[icymist]

A pagan carrying her sacred knife has been arrested for possessing an offensive weapon.
Debbie King, Arch Druidess of the Insular Order of Druids in Portsmouth, pictured, was arrested at Fareham Magistrates Court for carrying a five-inch blade.
Miss King was dressed in her regular clothes but handed security officers a bag containing all her Druid accessories, including the sheathed knife known as an athame.
When she went to collect the bag later she was kept waiting for an hour before two police officers arrived and arrested her.
Miss King, 44, said she had the Druid kit with her as she was due to carry out a television interview later in the day, and didn't know if she would have time to return home and collect her belongings after supporting a family member in court.
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[Ilsa]

1. "I'll defend it to the hilt." Great ine of where figurative and

litera meet. Probably the true etiology of the expression!

[icymist]

2. I hear of this type of thing happening all the time.

People outside of Earth based religions can't recognize a ritual object when they see it. The entire Judeo-Christian thing has desensitized them to others' beliefs and practices. The fact that security had confiscated this Priestess' At hame` is why I have learned to use a feather or my index finger in it's place (when away from my home). Most of my tools blend into my kitchen, anyway.