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March 2012

March 26, 2012

Dan Halloran to Run for Congress, How Will Religion Impact the Race?

There had been rumblings for several days, and yesterday it was confirmed, that Republican New...

March 19, 2012

Documentary of a Holy Man’s Struggle and other Pagan News of Note

Top Story: Indian Country Today reports on a new documentary, "Holy Man: The USA vs....

March 18, 2012

Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)

There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes...

March 13, 2012

Religious Freedom, Religious Exemptions, and the Responsibility of the Majority

Lets talk about religious freedom, shall we? It seems that the religious news feeds are...

March 12, 2012

A Quick Note on Prayer in Britain

This past Thursday the Washington Post reported on a story that's been causing no small...

March 04, 2012

Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)

There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes...

February 2012

February 25, 2012

Our “Pagan” President and our Pagan Democracy

Earlier this month, Professor Anouar Majid, author of "We Are All Moors: Ending Centuries of Crusades against...

January 2012

January 29, 2012

Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)

There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes...

January 26, 2012

Gay Marriage and Other “Pagan Behaviors”

On Wednesday, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich participated in a conference call to conservative Christian...

January 23, 2012

Should We Worry About the Religious Right?

So, it has come down to this. The Republican Party, the unchallenged standard-bearer for conservative...

January 17, 2012

Who’s a Religious “Minority” in the United States?

On Monday Republican South Carolina Representative Tim Scott, at a South Carolina Tea Party conference that...

January 12, 2012

Pagans and Minority Religions Under Hungary’s Authoritarian New Constitution

One thing that may escape casual observers of the modern Pagan movement is that we...

January 10, 2012

Gary Bauer’s Hypothetical Pagan Candidate

Influential conservative evangelical Christian, and former presidential candidate, Gary Bauer, engages in a thought experiment for...

January 07, 2012

The Audacity of Jon Huntsman’s Pluralism

There are a lot of reasons, and a lot of commentary, for why Jon Huntsman...

December 2011

December 31, 2011

Top Ten Pagan Stories of 2011 (Part Two)

[You can read part one of this entry, here.] 05. Dominionism! The Reponse! Christians Behaving Badly!...

December 29, 2011

Will Libertarians Move from Barr to Johnson?

In 2008 the Libertarian Party nominated former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr as their candidate for President...

December 18, 2011

Odinism and Immigration in the UK

So here's a brand-new legal precedent involving modern Pagans that you might not have expected....

December 16, 2011

Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)

There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes...

December 02, 2011

Dear Candidate Gingrich, Are We Still “Surrounded By Paganism”?

It's been a crazy year so-far in the race to see who will become the...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

Did The Village Voice’s Halloran Piece Cross the Line?

Steven Thrasher at The Village Voice clearly isn't a fan of Republican New York City...

November 10, 2011

Virginia Pagan Wins Conservation Post in Tuesday’s Elections

It was election night this past Tuesday, and while the media has largely focused on...

November 01, 2011

You Say “Polytheistic Situations” Like It’s A Bad Thing

Talking Points Memo reports that Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, up for reelection next week, has come...

October 2011

October 20, 2011

On Faith: Gary Johnson and the Pagan Media

I have a new piece up at the Washington Post's On Faith section examining the...

October 19, 2011

Janet Mefferd’s Gay Pagan Hysteria

Christian radio host Janet Mefferd is not a fringe figure. Her syndicated radio program plays...

October 18, 2011

Unleash the Hounds! (Link Roundup)

There are lots of articles and essays of interest to modern Pagans out there, sometimes...

October 16, 2011

Pagan Media Interviews Republican Presidential Hopeful Gary Johnson

Earlier this evening a live Google+ video interview/"hangout" with GOP Presidential candidate Gov. Gary Johnson...

October 14, 2011

Pagan Media to Interview Presidential Hopeful Gary Johnson

[This post is reprinted from PNC-Minnesota, and was written by Cara Schulz] For the past...

October 10, 2011

Who’s Murdering Peruvian Shamans?

Last week the government of Peru issued a statement saying that fourteen shamans in the...

October 09, 2011

Voting For A “Non-Christian”

I truly admire it when public figures bluntly state their true views on a subject....

October 03, 2011

C. Peter Wagner on NPR’s ‘Fresh Air’ Today

I’ve written at some length on the Christian movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR),...