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Witchcraft is one of the spiritual paths under the umbrella of Paganism. Paganism is recognized by many countries as a legitimate "religion".

There are some countries where practitioners are still persecuted, however, in Canada, the USA, England, most of Europe it is accepted.

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When will homosexuality be widely accepted by law?

Many countries, including most Western countries, have decriminalised their laws against homosexual activity. Homosexuality is legal in the following countries: Albania Legal since 1995 American Samoa Legal since 1899 Andorra Legal since 1791 Anguilla Legal since 2000 Argentina Legal since 1887 Armenia Legal since 2002 Aruba Legal Australia Legal nationwide since 1994 Austria Legal since 1971 Azerbaijan Legal since 2000 Bahamas Legal since 1991 Bahrain Legal since 1976 Belarus Legal since 1994 Belgium Legal since 1793 Belize legal for females only Benin Legal Bermuda Legal since 1994 Bolivia Legal Bosnia and Herzegovina Legal since 1998 Brazil Legal since 1830 British Virgin Islands Legal since 2000 Bulgaria Legal since 1968 Burkina Faso Legal Cambodia Legal Canada Legal since 1969 Cape Verde Legal since 2004 Caribbean Netherlands Legal Cayman Islands Legal since 2000 Central African Republic Legal Chad Legal since 1967 Chile Legal since 1998 China Legal since 1997 Colombia Legal since 1981 Cook Islands legal for females only Costa Rica Legal since 1971 Côte d'Ivoire Legal Croatia Legal since 1977 Cuba Legal since 1979 Curaçao Legal Cyprus Legal since 1998 Czech Republic Legal since 1962 Democratic Republic of the Congo Legal Denmark Legal since 1933 Djibouti Legal Dominican Republic Legal since 1822 East Timor Legal since 1975 East Timor Legal since 1975 Easter Island Legal since 1998 Ecuador Legal since 1997 Egypt Not specifically outlawed, but a huge cultural and religious violation El Salvador Legal since 1800's Equatorial Guinea Legal Estonia Legal since 1992 Falkland Islands Legal Faroe Islands Legal since 1933 Federated States of Micronesia Legal Fiji Legal since 2010 Finland Legal since 1971 France Legal since 1791 French Guiana Legal since 1791 French Polynesia Legal Gabon Legal Georgia Legal since 2000 Germany Legal since 1969 Gibraltar Legal since 1993 Greece Legal since 1951 Greenland Legal since 1933 Grenada legal for females only Guadeloupe Legal since 1791 Guam Legal since 1979 Guatemala Legal since 1871 Guernsey Legal since 1983 Guinea-Bissau Legal since 1993 Guyana legal for females only Haiti Legal since 1986 Honduras Legal since 1899 Hong Kong Legal since 1991 Hungary Legal since 1962 Iceland Legal since 1940 India Legal since 2009 Indonesia Legal Iraq Legal since 2003 Ireland Legal since 1993 Isle of Man Legal since 1992 Israel Legal Italy Legal since 1890 Japan Legal since 1880 Jersey Legal since 1990 Jordan Legal since 1951 Kazakhstan Legal since 1998 Kiribati legal for females only Kosovo Legal since 1970 Kuwait legal for females only Kyrgyzstan Legal since 1998 Laos Legal Latvia Legal since 1992 Lebanon Not specifically outlawed, but a huge cultural and religious violation Liechtenstein Legal since 1989 Lithuania Legal since 1993 Luxembourg Legal since 1795 Macau Legal since 1996 Macedonia Legal since 1996 Madagascar Legal Malta Legal since 1973 Marshall Islands Legal since 2005 Martinique Legal since 1791 Mayotte Legal since 1791 Mexico Legal since 1872 Moldova Legal since 1995 Monaco Legal since 1793 Mongolia Legal since 2002 Montenegro Legal since 1977 Montserrat Legal since 2000 Nauru legal for females only Nepal Legal since 2007 Netherlands Legal since 1811 New Caledonia Legal New Zealand Legal since 1986 Nicaragua Legal since 2008 Niger Legal Niue Legal since 2007 North Korea Unknown but believed to be legal Northern Mariana Islands Legal since 1983 Norway Legal since 1972 Palau legal for females only Panama Legal since 2008 Papua New Guinea legal for females only Paraguay Legal since 1880 Peru Legal since 1836-37 Philippines Legal Pitcairn Islands Legal since 1967 Poland Legal Portugal Legal since 1983 Puerto Rico Legal since 2003 Qatar legal for females only Republic of the Congo Legal Réunion Legal since 1791 Romania Legal since 1996 Russia Legal since 1993 Rwanda Legal Saint Barthélemy Legal since 1791 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Legal Saint Kitts and Nevis legal for females only Saint Lucia legal for females only Saint Martin Legal since 1791 Saint Pierre et Miquelon Legal since 1791 San Marino Legal since 2001 São Tomé and Príncipe Legal Since 2012 Serbia Legal since 1994 Singapore legal for females only Sint Maarten Legal Slovakia Legal since 1962 Slovenia Legal since 1977 South Africa Male legal since 1998 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Legal South Korea Legal Spain Legal since 1979 Suriname Legal since 1869 Swaziland legal for females only Switzerland Legal Taiwan Legal Tajikistan Legal since 1998 Thailand Legal since 1956 Tokelau Legal since 2007 Tonga legal for females only TRNC legal for females only Turkey Legal since 1858 Turkmenistan legal for females only Turks and Caicos Islands Legal since 2000 Tuvalu legal for females only Ukraine Legal since 1991 United Kingdom Legal United States Legal nationwide since 2003. United States Virgin Islands Legal since 1984 Uruguay Legal since 1934 Uzbekistan legal for females only Vanuatu Legal since 2007 Vatican City Legal Venezuela Legal since 1997 Vietnam Legal Wallis and Futuna Legal


Where was homosexuality legalised?

Homosexuality was legalised in the following countries (except for vietnam, where it was ALWAYS legal): Albania Legal since 1995 American Samoa Legal since 1899 Andorra Legal since 1791 Anguilla Legal since 2000 Argentina Legal since 1887 Armenia Legal since 2002 Aruba Legal Australia Legal nationwide since 1994 Austria Legal since 1971 Azerbaijan Legal since 2000 Bahamas Legal since 1991 Bahrain Legal since 1976 Belarus Legal since 1994 Belgium Legal since 1793 Belize legal for females only Benin Legal Bermuda Legal since 1994 Bolivia Legal Bosnia and Herzegovina Legal since 1998 Brazil Legal since 1830 British Virgin Islands Legal since 2000 Bulgaria Legal since 1968 Burkina Faso Legal Cambodia Legal Canada Legal since 1969 Cape Verde Legal since 2004 Caribbean Netherlands Legal Cayman Islands Legal since 2000 Central African Republic Legal Chad Legal since 1967 Chile Legal since 1998 China Legal since 1997 Colombia Legal since 1981 Cook Islands legal for females only Costa Rica Legal since 1971 Côte d'Ivoire Legal Croatia Legal since 1977 Cuba Legal since 1979 Curaçao Legal Cyprus Legal since 1998 Czech Republic Legal since 1962 Democratic Republic of the Congo Legal Denmark Legal since 1933 Djibouti Legal Dominican Republic Legal since 1822 East Timor Legal since 1975 East Timor Legal since 1975 Easter Island Legal since 1998 Ecuador Legal since 1997 Egypt Not specifically outlawed, but a huge cultural and religious violation El Salvador Legal since 1800's Equatorial Guinea Legal Estonia Legal since 1992 Falkland Islands Legal Faroe Islands Legal since 1933 Federated States of Micronesia Legal Fiji Legal since 2010 Finland Legal since 1971 France Legal since 1791 French Guiana Legal since 1791 French Polynesia Legal Gabon Legal Georgia Legal since 2000 Germany Legal since 1969 Gibraltar Legal since 1993 Greece Legal since 1951 Greenland Legal since 1933 Grenada legal for females only Guadeloupe Legal since 1791 Guam Legal since 1979 Guatemala Legal since 1871 Guernsey Legal since 1983 Guinea-Bissau Legal since 1993 Guyana legal for females only Haiti Legal since 1986 Honduras Legal since 1899 Hong Kong Legal since 1991 Hungary Legal since 1962 Iceland Legal since 1940 India Legal since 2009 Indonesia Legal Iraq Legal since 2003 Ireland Legal since 1993 Isle of Man Legal since 1992 Israel Legal Italy Legal since 1890 Japan Legal since 1880 Jersey Legal since 1990 Jordan Legal since 1951 Kazakhstan Legal since 1998 Kiribati legal for females only Kosovo Legal since 1970 Kuwait legal for females only Kyrgyzstan Legal since 1998 Laos Legal Latvia Legal since 1992 Lebanon Not specifically outlawed, but a huge cultural and religious violation Liechtenstein Legal since 1989 Lithuania Legal since 1993 Luxembourg Legal since 1795 Macau Legal since 1996 Macedonia Legal since 1996 Madagascar Legal Malta Legal since 1973 Marshall Islands Legal since 2005 Martinique Legal since 1791 Mayotte Legal since 1791 Mexico Legal since 1872 Moldova Legal since 1995 Monaco Legal since 1793 Mongolia Legal since 2002 Montenegro Legal since 1977 Montserrat Legal since 2000 Nauru legal for females only Nepal Legal since 2007 Netherlands Legal since 1811 New Caledonia Legal New Zealand Legal since 1986 Nicaragua Legal since 2008 Niger Legal Niue Legal since 2007 North Korea Unknown but believed to be legal Northern Mariana Islands Legal since 1983 Norway Legal since 1972 Palau legal for females only Panama Legal since 2008 Papua New Guinea legal for females only Paraguay Legal since 1880 Peru Legal since 1836-37 Philippines Legal Pitcairn Islands Legal since 1967 Poland Legal Portugal Legal since 1983 Puerto Rico Legal since 2003 Qatar legal for females only Republic of the Congo Legal Réunion Legal since 1791 Romania Legal since 1996 Russia Legal since 1993 Rwanda Legal Saint Barthélemy Legal since 1791 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Legal Saint Kitts and Nevis legal for females only Saint Lucia legal for females only Saint Martin Legal since 1791 Saint Pierre et Miquelon Legal since 1791 San Marino Legal since 2001 São Tomé and Príncipe Legal Since 2012 Serbia Legal since 1994 Singapore legal for females only Sint Maarten Legal Slovakia Legal since 1962 Slovenia Legal since 1977 South Africa Male legal since 1998 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Legal South Korea Legal Spain Legal since 1979 Suriname Legal since 1869 Swaziland legal for females only Switzerland Legal Taiwan Legal Tajikistan Legal since 1998 Thailand Legal since 1956 Tokelau Legal since 2007 Tonga legal for females only TRNC legal for females only Turkey Legal since 1858 Turkmenistan legal for females only Turks and Caicos Islands Legal since 2000 Tuvalu legal for females only Ukraine Legal since 1991 United Kingdom Legal United States Legal nationwide since 2003. United States Virgin Islands Legal since 1984 Uruguay Legal since 1934 Uzbekistan legal for females only Vanuatu Legal since 2007 Vatican City Legal Venezuela Legal since 1997 Vietnam Always has been legal Wallis and Futuna Legal


What is the verb for legal?

The verb for "legal" is "legalize."


What is the antonym for legal?

the antonym for legal is illegal


What new witchcraft law did King James I introduce in 1604?

The new act's full title was: "An Act against Conjuration, Witchcraft and dealing with evil and wicked spirits." 2. Witches and magic would have been blamed for things that people could not explain. For example, primitive and pre-industrialised people had little medical and scientific knowledge as we understand it today. They knew that people got ill and died, crops failed and other bad things happened but they didn't really understand why. So when something bad or tragic happened, ie the harvest failed, a man's herd of sheep took ill and died, a woman had a miscarriage or a person had an accident and was killed or injured, "witchcraft" was a way to explain these things. People thought witches were illusions of the devil. They thought they could cause illness, accidents in society and death. also known as bad omens. 3.James's visit to Denmark, a country familiar with witch hunts, may have encouraged an interest in the study of witchcraft, he also was interested in witchcraft because in the 17th century they felt very strongly about witches, also the people were very religious and they believed witches were the devils children. 4. I believe the name of that book was Daemonologie, full name: (Daemonologie, In Forme of a Dialogie, Diuided into three Bookes. By James Rx) In the book he approves and supports the practice of witch hunting. 5. people accused of witchcraft were often tortured to exact confession but those who refused to confess were put to an ordeal. A variety of ordeals were available. One of the commonest was to throw the accused into a deep pool of water. If the person drowned he or she was ruled innocent, but anyone who survived was convicted and then hanged (in England) or burned alive (elsewhere) Another ordeal that was commonly used was to have the accused pick up a red hot iron bar. Only if the person's hand remained unburned were they regarded as innocent. anyone accused of witchcraft might also be prosecuted by the Inquisition if they said or did anything that directly conflicted with the church's teachings.

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When did witchcraft stop being punished by the death penalty in the UK?

During the early 18th century the practice subsided. The last execution for witchcraft in england took place in 1716, when Mary Hicks and her daughter Elizabeth were hanged. The witchcraft act of 1734 saw witchcraft as no longer the traditional legal offence in Britain.


How does society see witchcraft nowadays?

In North America, witchcraft is one of many accepted spiritual paths. Paganism, the umbrella term for many spiritual paths including witchcraft, is officially recognized by the Military in both Canada and the United States. In countries where freedom of religion is granted the citizenry, the practice of witchcraft is a legal right.


Was cannibalism ever legal in Scotland?

Most definitely NOT!! It has NEVER been legal in ANY part of the UK, and up until the late 17th Century was regarded as being closely linked to witchcraft.


What is the proper name for witchcraft?

The proper name for witchcraft is Witchcraft with a capital "W."


Is Herman witchcraft?

no Herman is not witchcraft


Legal lynching of twenty accused witches occurs?

First of all, a legal lynching is called hanging or an execution. And you might be referring to the Salem witch trials, during with 19 were convicted of witchcraft and hanged.


What is the early legal concept of witchcraft?

First Answer:Since the beginning of the Catholic church, the concepts of witchcraft have always been illegal, taking in the concepts of the grand inquisition and the Salem witch trials(although Salem was a puritan town) Witchcraft would have been deemed casting hexes, making curses, or the result of a jealous neighbor. Witchcraft was usually punishable by burning at the stake, unless you aply Demitriesz Policy, which follows...Different Answer:There is a concept of a witch, which is dealt with very briefly in a couple of places in the Bible, but in insufficient detail to determine what, precisely, is meant. The term in the Bible is sometimes translated as "poisoner," and clearly cannot be a "star gazer," as the wise men from the East who gave presents to the infant Jesus were of this type, and were acceptable.Laws about witchcraft existed from the Early Middle Ages, but there was a great variety of them. Some countries had laws forbidding witchcraft, with penalties for practicing it. Other countries had laws that recognized witchcraft as a superstition, and considered the execution of a person for witchcraft as murder. The Kingdom of the Franks, the Kingdom of Lombardy, and the Carolingian Empire all regarded execution of accused witches as a capital crime, so anyone who burned a witch at the stake could be executed for it.In later times, there were investigations of witchcraft, and these lead to the first book on the subject of identifying witches being published, shortly after the Middle Ages ended. The witch hunts came after that.There is a link below to an article on witch hunts, where more information can be found.


Does food have to do anything with witchcraft?

Sure, kitchen witchcraft has a lot to do with food.


What is Welsh witchcraft?

Do you mean 'What is the Welsh for witchcraft?' That is 'dewiniaeth'.


Do masons practice witchcraft?

Freemasons do not practice witchcraft.


Is there witchcraft in league of legends?

There is witchcraft in league of legends.


What is the full proper name of witchcraft?

Witchcraft For witchcraft denotes more of a grouping of beliefs by common practices, and or terminology.