Category Archives: Current Events

On Occupy

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Phaedra Bonewits

I, like so many others, have been following the Occupy movement these weeks and months, but I’ve written very little about it. I’m in sympathy at a general level–I have a low opinion of banks–but I’ve been unclear about how … Continue reading →

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Forwarding the Pagan Agenda

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Phaedra Bonewits

If you’re not a follower of The Wild Hunt (what!! you should be!) you might not have heard of a guy named David Barton. I’ve been talking about him on Facebook, and Twitter, but not yet here. This is a … Continue reading →

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International Pagan Coming Out Day, May 2, 2011

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Phaedra Bonewits

As we prepare to celebrate the festival of Beltane, a newer celebration is coming hard on its heels. This year, May 2nd has been designated International Pagan Coming Out Day. Coming right after Beltane, it’s a love fest in its … Continue reading →

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Hubby Hubby

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Karen A. Scofield

In keeping with the food theme… Ben and Jerry’s has teamed up with Freedom to Marry and has renamed their Chubby Hubby flavor as Hubby Hubby to “celebrate Vermont and all the other great states where loving couples of all … Continue reading →

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Guinness Lets Us Down

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Isaac Bonewits

Did you know that liquor companies are using their profits to kill health care reform in Congress? I just signed a customer complaint form to the liquor company that makes Bailey’s, Guinness and Johnnie Walker, for running an online campaign … Continue reading →

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Earth Hour Tonight!

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Isaac Bonewits

Don’t forget about Earth Hour tonight: Earth Hour (www.EarthHourUS.org) is a global initiative of WWF in which millions of people around the world will cast a vote in favor of action on climate change by turning off their lights for … Continue reading →

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Lowering Prices for the Bush Depression

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Isaac Bonewits

We know how hard the economy is for everyone, not just in the Neopagan movement, but the whole world. Twenty-eight years of lowering taxes for the obscenely wealthy, eliminating regulations on the financial industry that were put in after the … Continue reading →

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Mob Rule in California on “The Root”: About Proposition 8

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Karen A. Scofield

My response. For safekeeping, I stored my response, complete with added hyperlinks, on my blog today. Well I feel better now! (Kudos to the original author of the “The Forces of Good™ vs. The Forces of Evil™,” by the way. … Continue reading →

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