{"id":17693,"date":"2010-02-03T16:59:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T16:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/ap_wiccans_pagans_gain_stone_circle_spot_at_air_force_academy\/"},"modified":"2010-02-03T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T16:59:59","slug":"ap_wiccans_pagans_gain_stone_circle_spot_at_air_force_academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=17693","title":{"rendered":"AP: Wiccans, pagans gain stone circle spot at Air Force Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Force Academy has set aside an outdoor worship area for Pagans, Wiccans, Druids and other Earth-centered believers, school officials said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A double circle of stones atop a hill on the campus near Colorado Springs has been designated for the group, which previously met indoors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being with nature and connecting with it is kind of the whole point,&#8221; said Tech. Sgt. Brandon Longcrier, who sponsors the group and describes himself as a Pagan. &#8220;It will dramatically improve that atmosphere, the mindset and the actual connection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/religion\/2010-02-03-air02_ST_N.htm\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Force Academy has set aside an outdoor worship area for Pagans, Wiccans, Druids and other Earth-centered believers, school officials said Monday. A double circle of stones atop a hill on the campus near Colorado Springs has been designated<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=17693\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,39,50,42,209,438,106,155,184,108,427],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-life-church-life","category-culture-watch","category-international-news-commentary","category-religion-news-commentary","category-americau-s-a","category-death-burial-funerals","category-military-armed-forces","category-other-faiths","category-parish-ministry","category-religion-culture","category-wicca-paganism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17693","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17693\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}