"The Celtic Reconstructionist Tradition (CR) is firmly anti-racist. This has been unanimously agreed upon by representatives of the established CR sub-traditions, CR elders and other long-term members of the community, including the founders of the tradition. CR was founded in no small part because some of us were sick of the rampant cultural appropriation in the Neopagan community, and wished to devote ourselves to something that was our own, that honored the ways of our ancestors without needing to rip off anyone else’s ancestors or cultures in the process.”¹

“The problem of cultural theft is a serious one, and is rampant in the Neopagan communities. It is largely due to issues of cultural theft that most of us no longer identify as part of the Neopagan community. CR as a whole is committed to respecting the cultures of First Nations peoples, as well as respecting the desires of the traditional peoples of those communities to set their own definitions, boundaries and standards. Many of us actively support the Lakota Declaration of War, as well as doing what we can to help out First Nations groups who work to expose “Plastic Shamans” and other frauds and exploiters of Native American spirituality. We also work in our own communities to educate people about issues of cultural sovereignty, and cultural integrity vs cultural theft.”²

“CR was begun as an alternative to the cultural theft that is rampant in the Neopagan communities. Before CR, and still in the Neopagan and Newage communities, all kinds of non-Celtic practices and beliefs were being misrepresented as Celtic. But we were looking for something authentically Celtic, that honoured our ancestors without dishonoring anyone else’s, and that respected and honored the living traditions.”³

"Celtic Reconstructionism does not embrace Wiccan or eclectic Neopagan models for ritual or ethics, but looks instead to older, Celtic models. Our cosmology is different, our ethics come from a very different worldview, and our approach to the Divine is different as well. CR, in many ways, bears more resemblance to animistic tribal religions than to modern eclectic Neopaganism."⁴

We believe that female and male are both equal in that they are both able to create, define, and prove their worth, status and value amongst their peers, and by the fact that there exists in nature nothing which would support the notion that one gender or sexual orientation is superior or inferior to the other.⁵

"The Celtic ancestors worshipped both Goddesses and Gods. As polytheists, we believe the Divine takes a variety of appearances, and can manifest as any gender."⁶

“CR firmly and absolutely rejects racism, sexism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination that divide people into warring camps.”.⁷

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Sources
1. From The CR FAQ, "Why are you racist?"
2. From The CR FAQ, "Aren’t you CRs in North America stealing cultural elements from Native Americans/the First Nations?"
3. From The CR FAQ, "So isn’t CR just cultural theft from the Celtic cultures?"
4. From The CR FAQ, "What is the difference between CR and Celtic Neopaganism?"
5. The CAORANN Council
6. From The CR FAQ, "So you think God is a woman then? Isn’t that what all that mumbo jumbo feminist witchcraft crap is about?"
7. From The CR FAQ, "What is the ethical basis of CR?"
&. Note: About The CR FAQ