Open Letter to FPG

Dear FPG,

 I have enjoyed going to the festival for a few years and being with our community. I have so many wonderful memories. I am concerned that memories will be all I have left and will not be able to attend Florida Pagan Gathering again.

By saying The Frosts are welcome to present workshops, says that we as a group agree with what they have written about incest and sexual abuse of children. I do not agree. I am a police officer and what they have written and encouraged people to do, by writing about it in detail is disgusting. I hold myself and yes sorry, my fellow humans to a higher standard.

I would like this out in the open. A real discussion, no back door conversations. No deleting comments from YOUR COMMUNITY about concerns! It looks like you don't care or worse that you want to hide this issue.

Did the BOD or anyone connected with running the festival pay for the Frosts airfare? The ticket fees and accommodations? If so, don't hide it. I only found out yesterday that they will be attending. But I now see on their website they have known they were coming for a while. Didn't the BOD say that last time they attended would be the last time?

If The Frosts will not recant and apologize for what they wrote and condoned, which is RITUAL SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN, then they have no place in our community. The community at large has worked so hard to overcome the days of Satanic Panic and the fear that all Pagans sexual abuse children! Why give anyone a platform to be an influence on others if what they condone is immoral and illegal?

FPG you have a disappointed many loyal attendees and staff members who feel lied to and censored. You have questions to answer to YOUR COMMUNITY, the community that supports you....you do not have a festival without this community and it's money. I am happy to pay for the wonderful memories, but not at the cost of my integrity.

Love,

Amber