Wednesday, December 22, 2004

By The Power Vested In Me By Thor, The Thunder God
U.S. Catholic, Jan2004, Vol. 69 Issue 1, p5, 1p

Denmark will now legally recognize marriages performed by the religious group Forn Sidr, or "Old Custom," which worships Thor, Odin, Freya, and other Norse gods, the Associated Press reports(November 5, 2003). In Denmark, the official state church is the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and a 1 percent income tax is levied on all residents to fund the church. Members of other recognized religious groups, such as Catholics or Muslims, are exempt from the tax, but only the state can decide which are recognized. "To me, it would be wrong if the indigenous religion of this country wasn't recognized," said Tove Fergo, Denmark's minister for Ecclesiastic Affairs.

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