Symbols

I just read a few days ago that Massachusetts has a state witch and thought that was fitting since that was where the Salem trials were held  in 1692,what I didn't know was how controversial it was. A local witch had went to the Salem mayor asking to be appointed the official witch and had been denied as the city council went ballistic over the idea (they sound more like the religious zealot types,even wanted Harry Potter books banned) so she went to the then governor Michael Dukakis and was granted her request. She has written several books about Witchcraft and had  shops in three different locations under three different names,she closed her last shop in 2012 to develop her online business. She even taught Witchcraft (who knew colleges had classes in Witchcraft?) at Salem State College,Wellesly College and Harvard,so it seems to me that she had her credentials in order. It is amazing that in this country people are so threatened by someone with beliefs different from their own...one would almost think it was still 1692.