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Links & Resources: This area is broken down into the following sections; Canada, United States, International & Civil Liberties, Web pages aimed at achieving Unity and Miscellaneous.

CANADA:

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance (OCRT) Box 27026, Frontenac PO, Kingston ON Canada K7M 8W5

ocrt_qu@cgo.wave.ca

Legal Aid Information

http://www.firstlinelaw.com/aid.html

Best Guide To Canadian Legal Research

http://legalresearch.org

Canadian Law Online

http://www.webgenerations.com/Law/

INTERNATIONAL & CIVIL LIBERTIES:

Human Rights Campaign - Working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equal rights.

http://www.hrc.org

EFF "Freedom of Religion" Archive

http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Freedom_of_religion/

Earth Religions Legal Assistance Network

http://www.conjure.com/ERAL/eral.html

DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC EARTH RELIGION RIGHTS CONTACTS

Sorted by State and Zip Code

http://members.aol.com/lcorncalen/directory.html

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

http://www.ccla.org

American Civil Liberties Union - Freedom Network

http://www.aclu.org/

Children's Rights - Legal Information Network

http://www.itslegal.com/infonet/family/childrts.html

Parent's victimized by Children's Protective Services due to Religious views

http://www.religioustolerance.org/cps_vict.html

Legal Aid Around the World

http://www.ptla.org/international.htm

UNITED STATES:

Legal Information Institute of Cornell University

Child Custody: An Overview

http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/child_custody.html

Project on Liberty and the Workplace

Project LAW

1319 F Street, N.W.

Suite 305

Washington, D.C. 20004

Voice: 202-955-6968

Fax: 202-318-2287

Executive Director: Bob Sheldon

http://www.projectlaw.org/

Pro Bono Resources By State

http://www.abanet.org/legalserv/probono/home.html

Pine Tree Legal Assistance

http://www.ptla.org/links.htm

Consult an attorney for free:

http://www.uslaw.com/

American Bar Association-Pro Bono Aid:

http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono.html

Legal Aid Bureau (Maryland):

http://www.ncjrs.org/

Justice Information Center:

http://www.ncjrs.org/

National Center on Poverty Law (Help for low income people):

http://www.povertylaw.org/index.htm

National Center for Youth Law:

http://www.youthlaw.org/

Northwest Justice Project (self help and resources for low income people in Washington state):

http://www.nwjustice.org/

State Government Guide (Local resources and directories):

http://www.governmentguide.com/state/directories.adp?type=msie

The Defender Association (Washington state):

http://www.defender.org/

Miscellaneous Links and Resources:

IRS US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, ETC.

IRS guidelines for establishing 501©(3) organizations, download IRS Publication 557. The URL for this, as a PDF file for Adobe reader software, is

ftp://ftp.fedworld.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p557.pdf

US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Homepage

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crt-home.html

US Department of Justice Discrimination Site

http://www.usdoj.gov/discrimination.htm

US Army Chaplain's Handbook: Excerpts on Wicca

http://www.religioustolerance.org/wic_usbk.htm

http://www.voicenet.com/~reinhart/rw/mil_wic.html

http://www.ecis.com/~alizard/chaphand.html

200+ Page PDF of the Entire Chaplains Manual

http://www.paganunitycampaign.org/archive/handbook.pdf

Wicca, a Legal Scholar's View

http://www.journey1.org/freedom/flynn.htm

The Pentagram; A thorough document tracing the history and usage of the Pentagram, by Bill Kilborn.

http://www.journey1.org/freedom/pentagram.htm

Case History of 1999 Michigan Pentagram Case

http://www.journey1.org/freedom/lincolnpark.htm

PARENTS RIGHTS AND CONCERNS

Accused Witches in Recent Child Custody Cases http://www.leland.stanford.edu/class/law495/drobac.htm

Boilerplate Text for custody cases:

http://www.members.aol.com/lcorncalen/ERAL/BOLRPLAT.TXT

Legal Smarts for Pagan Parents

http://www.cris.com/~boofull/pparent/lsmarts.htm

which also can also be found from;

http://www.ghgcorp.com/jwaldie/fampath.htm

along with other articles, etc by the author for parents.

Pagan Parent's Rights homepage (article above plus links)

http://www.cris.com/~boofull/pparent/rights.htm

Parental rights and religious training

http://www.custody-pace.org

World Wide Web Resources on Child Custody and related issues

http://www.custody-pace.org/links.html

National Congress for Fathers & Children 1-800-SEE-DADS, or ncfc@nolawyer.com.

http://www.dadnkids.com/ncfc

Basic Marriage Laws by State

http://users.jerseycape.com/witch/wed.htm

Religious Differences in Child Custody & Visitation Disputes

http://www.zmlalaw.com/religion.htm

NCFC's "First Aid Kit" for Legal Custody Problems.

http://www.ncfc.net/firstaik.html

Parents victimized by Children's Protective Services

http://www.religioustolerance.org/cps_vict.htm

You Have A Pagan In The Classroom

http://www.paganunitycampaign.org/archive/paganInTheClass.pdf

An Investigation Into The Place Of Paganism Within Re: A Teacher's Guide

http://www.farmington.ac.uk/library/reports/tt/tt33.html

ACLU on Students Rights:

http://www.aclu.org/issues/student/hmes.html

MISCELLANEOUS:

USEPA, GREEN ACRES: Green Landscaping with Native Plants

http://www.epa.gov/greenacres/

Wild Ones Homepage

http://www.for-wild.org/

Backyard Habitat, National Wildlife, October/November 1998

http://www.nwf.org/nwf/natlwild/1998/yardon8.html

43 Reasons Not to Mow:

http://www.acorn.net/evergreen

PAGAN PRISONERS

PAL Pagan Prisoner's Watch

http://members.aol.com/Palweb/prison.htm

Resources for Incarcerated Pagans

http://www.bloomington.in.us/~pen/resipo.html

Critical Resistance, a prison reform (Social Justice oriented, not specifically Pagan).

http://www.criticalresistance.org

POTENTIAL LEGAL REFERRAL SOURCES FOR EARTH RELIGION CASES

If you have such a case, get an attorney, preferably who is knowledgeable about the type of case you are involved with, and freedom of religion law in relationship to such cases. For possible attorney referrals (and possibly other help), try contacting:

ACLU Chapters

http://www.aclu.org/action/chapters.html

American's United for Separation of Church and State

http://www.au.org/

American Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service

http://www.abanet.org/referral/home.html

Earth Religion Organizations

http://www.conjure.com/COG/groups.html

and

http://www.conjure.com/COG/cog.html

Directory of Earth Religion Rights Activists by State (except PAL and what is out of date)

http://ddi.digital.net/~billk/rights.htm

PAL

http://members.aol.com/Palweb/states.htm

Latest ERAL Public Contacts

http://www.nfx.net/~firespring/eral/contacts.html

Festival Organizers (also lists festivals at which one could network)

http://members.aol.com/lcorncalen/CALENDAR.htm

Metaphysical Shops

http://www.monmouth.com/~queen/sources.html

National Lawyers' Guild

http://www.masdef.org/serv/contnlg.html

Religious Freedom Organizations

http://www.conjure.com/ERAL/religrts.html

SACRED EARTH ALLIANCE LINKS

Sacred Earth Alliance (SEA) Homepage with Links to Current Directory of Public Earth Religion Rights activists:

http://members.aol.com/lcorncalen/SEAHomepage.htm

(link from this page to be replaced by an annotated directory and Yellow Pagers, based on filled out questionnaires and the information in this directory,

when programming and data entry is complete).

A general summary of Earth Religion Rights organizations (with links)

http://members.aol.com/lcorncalen/erro.htm

ERAL, an e-mail list focused on fighting religious discrimination using the law and other means. For details, see:

http://www.conjure.com/ERAL/eral.html

(which also links to many other organizations and legal aid resources on the web). To receive a subscription registration form, e-mail

eral-request@dreksys.com . The body of the message should be ONLY the word:

FIRE, an e-mail list focused on fighting misrepresentation of our beliefs and practices in mass media: and other issues. AREN, WARD, the Dendrite List, and

some other organizations also have mailing lists that deal with all of the above issues. Subscriptions are available through:

http://www.onelist.com

1.Lady Liberty League News on-line: send e-mail to:

circle@mhtc.net with "LLL NEWS Subscribe" in the subject line.

News on selected Earth Religion Rights cases:

http://www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty

EARTH RELIGIONS ASSISTANCE HOMEPAGE

http://www.conjure.com/ERAL/eral.html

SACRED EARTH ALLIANCE HOMEPAGE

http://members.aol.com/lcorncalen/SEAHomepage.htm

PAGAN LEGAL RIGHTS LINKS PAGE

http://www.tylwythteg.com/legal.html