A Brief History of Asatru in the United States: Part 4 Declaration 127
One thing about living in a bubble for a decade is that when you come out, you are not jaded or tainted by all the events that happened. You have a perspective that can see both sides of the coin and be objective. Havamal 127 reads, "Wherever you know of harm regard that harm as your own; give your enemies no peace.", this was basis for Declaration 127. The declaration condemned the Asatru Folk Assembly’s stance on ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. Heathens around the world signed a petition condemning the AFA and their actions. The AFA stance has always been that Asatru is an ethnic religion that should be mainly practiced by those with a Northern European heritage. However, the AFA had not stated that Germanic heritage was a requirement. In the past the belief was that you should be of Germanic heritage, but it was not a requirement to practice Asatru. When I was involved with the AFA we had many debates on this topic. Most of us agreed that having Germanic heritage may...