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Post by ellenseer on Feb 27, 2011 18:01:24 GMT -5
The 2011 census is happening next month and I was reading the following on the BBC: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12589641How many plan on declaring themselves pagan? I will be. I did alot of family research for my grandmother so I know how important census are. I would love to think in 100 years time my descendants could look at the census and see I was pagan.
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Post by Phoenix on Feb 27, 2011 18:18:14 GMT -5
I read that there is going to be a new box to tick called"holistic". Either way, if I happen to get one to fill out then I will be declaring myself as pagan. If I am understanding it correctly, not every household gets one. Is that right?
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Post by ellenseer on Feb 27, 2011 18:48:10 GMT -5
A census is a count of the population so I would assume all households would get one. It's required by law that everyone fills it in. They even send a census collector to "help" you with it if you don't fill it in
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Post by Phoenix on Mar 2, 2011 8:24:58 GMT -5
Oh I see, I didnt know that. Thanks
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Post by Roberta on Mar 2, 2011 18:57:48 GMT -5
*giggling at the census collector* they do that here.. I always picture them walking into a house full of mexicans in the basement hiding out or something.. cuz why else wouldn't you fill out the census form.. ? lol
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Post by Phoenix on Mar 9, 2011 6:28:45 GMT -5
WTF there was no thing to tick for pagans
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Post by ellenseer on Mar 10, 2011 6:51:22 GMT -5
No, alot of pagans are upset about this. There is an option "any other religions" with a box to fill in what religion you are.
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Post by Phoenix on Mar 14, 2011 13:10:21 GMT -5
I think I am going to write pagan into it. I thought there was going to be a holistic box to tick or did it say that we were meant to write holistic? I will go back and have another look
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Post by buathan on Apr 1, 2011 10:41:40 GMT -5
Please let us know if there was or wasn't a holistic box. Thanks, Buathan
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Post by ellenseer on Apr 3, 2011 13:43:51 GMT -5
I think I am going to write pagan into it. I thought there was going to be a holistic box to tick or did it say that we were meant to write holistic? I will go back and have another look no, there was no option for holistic. Only the option to tick "other religions" and a space to write whatever your religious beliefs are, alot of people last time put "jedi knight" so yea literally you can write what ever you want in that box: Holistic, pagan, wicca, druid etc
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Post by Phoenix on Apr 23, 2011 8:33:21 GMT -5
When do we get to see the results? I wrote "pagan" in mine
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Post by ellenseer on Apr 25, 2011 16:00:36 GMT -5
And me. I'm not sure actually
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