# The Poster Boy For Pagans?

14 April 2005 · Ray Slakinski

![Makeup4](/static/images/www.slakinski.com/images/makeup4.jpg)

I'm no expert on neo-pagan faiths, but I can guess that a lot of pagans are a little upset this is still the image of the faith.

> Herndon says his black lipstick and red eye makeup express the Wiccan religious beliefs he shares with his mother, a priestess in the neo-pagan faith.

If he said that it was solely about freedom of expression, then I might have backed him.

More story over at [BoingBoing](http://www.boingboing.net/2005/04/14/wiccan_teen_suspende.html)