Irene Glasse is a Maryland-based author, Pagan religious professional and teacher of witchcraft and meditation. She co-developed Blackfeather Mystery School and coauthored Foundations of Witchcraft: A Blackfeather Mystery School Manual. A former U.S. Marine with a background in journalism, she is also a yoga teacher and musician. She leads Frederick CUUPS and is a commissioned lay minister at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick.
We have documented 1 statement by Irene Glasse, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.
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Role at the time: Pagan religious professional and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, interviewed by AP
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Statement summary
Glasse criticizes removal of minority-faith codes, saying the list erases people who have served honorably.
“It erases us, and so many of us have served so proudly, so well, and so honorably.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)AP: Defense Department slashes its religious designations list from more than 200 choices to 31 · Associated PressFull article
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The reference is the reduction of military religious codes. Glasse criticizes its effect on minority-faith service members as erasure.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the military's more than 200 faith codes were impractical and has cut them to 31. Interfaith Alliance and American Atheists say the change elevates one worldview and leaves out minority beliefs; American Atheists has sued for the records.
