Poll: Are you in the broom closet?

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Permalink Reply by rattlegrasshare on November 5, 2008 at 7:28pm

out and I'm a lab tech at a university.

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Permalink Reply by D.B.Goldsmith on November 5, 2008 at 7:31pm

I am somewhere in between... I do not hide what I am, but I also do not wear it like a badge... I am a writer in search of a publisher, so I guess you could say I am currently unemployed... Hope that helps...

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Permalink Reply by Char on November 5, 2008 at 7:35pm

I am a nurse and very open about my spirituality. For the most part, I get no flack and my patients love me!

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Permalink Reply by Winterhawk on November 5, 2008 at 7:34pm

It's sad that as a public school teacher you'd feel the need to hide your beliefs.

I'm neither in, nor out of the closet - I finally told my close family (husband, mother) and I will share with someone who asks, but mostly it's just not a topic that comes up.

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Permalink Reply by Rowan on November 5, 2008 at 7:51pm

My family and a few very close friends know of my beliefs. I certainly wish I could be totally out of the closet. however, I am a well respected teacher who has a great reputation in our community and district. If it got out that I was a witch . . . I shudder to think of the uproar it would cause. A colleague of mine was "pushed out" for being unmarried and pregnant. We have to be upstanding role models for our students, sigh.

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Permalink Reply by Fionn oMurchu on November 5, 2008 at 7:59pm

Teachers are probably the least likely to be out of the closet. Nothing like a mob of outraged parents to remind you of the torch-wielding villagers in "Frankenstein", even in the most (supposedly) enlightened regions. It's ok for me & Bella - middle-aged and working behind the scenes - but someone responsible for teaching children has to keep a much lower profile, or face getting unceremoniously sacked, at the least.

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Permalink Reply by Fionn oMurchu on November 5, 2008 at 7:43pm

No, thank the Gods. Virtually everyone we know is perfectly aware that I'm a Druid and Bella is a witch. And we are amazed at the acceptance we are given in a town in northern Utah. We're blessed. I'm a supervisor/troubleshooting tech at the largest manufacturer of exercise machines in the world. Bella does marketing for a web-conferencing software provider based in California.

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Permalink Reply by Michelle on November 5, 2008 at 7:45pm

I'm in-between i quess but only because I am a beginner and I dont know alot.... But once I learn more., i will def. share

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Permalink Reply by Kayla on November 5, 2008 at 7:52pm

I'm in the military and I'm semi out of the closet. Like I didn't put anything down for my religion but I do tell people I'm pagan but I'm thinking about going back into the closet :/

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Permalink Reply by Halfmoonarmy on November 5, 2008 at 7:47pm

I'm out of the closet, although I haven't discussed it with my dad. He's just too closed minded, but if he looks at my myspace page, he'll see it.

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Permalink Reply by runicluvsme on November 5, 2008 at 7:48pm

i am foreman and going to school for accounting, i am out of the closet as you say. I am surrounded by people who are very open to the fact of what I am so I would say I am out of the broom closet.

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Permalink Reply by lovinglyworn on November 5, 2008 at 7:59pm

I'm pretty open with my husband and those closest to me, but I don't really discuss religion with family and friends so most people don't know my beliefs. I'm a Child Welfare caseworker.

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