Federal Appeals Excerpts 

page 931 799 Federal Reporter, 2d Series

(1)In determining whether the Church of Wicca is a religion protected by the free 
exercise clause of the first amendment, the district court considered whether the 
Church occupies a place in the lives of it's members "parallel to that filled by the 
orthodox belief in God" in religions more widely accepted in the United States. (United 
States v Seeger, 380 U.S.  163,166,85,S.Ct 850,854,13 L.Ed.2d 733(1964)} The
district court found that members of the Church of Wicca "adhere to a fairly complex set 
of doctrines relating to the spiritual aspects of their lives". These doctrines concern 
ultimate questiqns of human life, as do the doctrines of recognized religions.{ See 
Africa v Pennsylvania, 662 F 2d 1025,1032(3rd Cir. 1982); International Society for . 
Krishna Consciousness, Inc. v Barber,650 F. 2d 430,440( Cir. 1981); Malnak v 
Yogi, 592 F.2d 197,208(3rd Cir. 1979) (Adams, J., Concurring)} 
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We agree with the district court, 617 F.supp 592 (1985) that the Church of Wicca 
occupies a place in the lives of it's members parallel to that of more conventional 
religions. Consequently, it's doctrine must be considered a religion.{ See Seeger.380 
U.S. at 166,85 S.Ct at 207-1 0 (Adams,J Concurring))