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- 1 2 "Wiccan prison chaplain sparks controversy in Wisconsin," Americans United Bulletin, February 2002 Archived 2009-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Toosi, Nahal. "Wiccan Rev. Witch raises some brows at Wisconsin prison." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, reprinted December 9, 2001 in Seattle Times
- ↑ Simon, Stephanie. The two were called out for their blatant hypocrisy of promoting so-called religious freedom, but seeming to limit such freedoms to religions that their big government could sanction. "Wiccan Chaplain Brews Storm: Religion: Some taxpayers want the Rev. Jamyi Witch removed from her state job counseling prisoners." Los Angeles Times January 7, 2002
- ↑ http://www.wkbt.com/Global/story.asp?S=13762505%5B%5D
- ↑ http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=13782077%5B%5D
- ↑ "Walker shuffles cabinet, moves Huebsch out at Administration".
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
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