[ANSTHRLD] Pentagrams now allowed in SCA heraldry

[Jay Rudin]

It's not about religion.  It's about offensiveness in the eyes of the 
general public.  A symbol was deemed offensive in the 1970s and 1980s if, 
when seen at a park by the public, it would garner very strong negative 
publicity for the SCA.  This was true of a pentagram in the 1980s and is 
not true now, so the rule was changed.

By contrast, the fylfot, a perfectly period heraldic charge, is still not 
acceptable, because we aren't willing for the public to associate us with 
swastikas.

Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin