Because I knew you would want to know...

If you will recall Tennessee was on the cusp of changing attitudes (not necessarily a good thing) nearly a century ago.  The Scopes Trial—formally known as The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and informally known as the Scopes Monkey Trial—was a landmark American legal case in 1925 in which high school biology teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act which made it unlawful to teach evolution.Scopes was found guilty, but the verdict was overturned on a technicality and he was never brought back to trial. The trial drew intense national publicity, as national reporters flocked to the small town of Dayton, Tennessee.

Now, Tennessee again is ahead of the game.  Vanderbilt University's Office of Religious Life recently sent professors a calendar of 2011-12 "religious holy days and observances" and a related policy on student absences. The faith listed next to four of the days on the calendar is "Wicca/Pagan."  You can read more about it here.  Vanderbilt is in Nashville, Tennessee.  And you thought all the craziness came from the coasts.  Just goes to show you....