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My semi-regular round-up of articles, essays, and opinions of note for discerning Pagans and Heathens. That sound you hear is the sound of Rev. Rapid Cabot Freeman's moral high ground collapsing. Just yesterday I was reporting about how he was possibly discriminated against when his talk at a local library was canceled.

My semi-regular round-up of articles, essays, and opinions of note for discerning Pagans and Heathens. We start off with an update on an ongoing "Satanic Panic" case in North Carolina. A judge has lowered the bail of Joseph Craig, who is accused, along with his wife Joy Johnson, of raping and "kidnapping" another couple (during supposed "Satanic" rites) that lived with them.

When kings wage unjust war,When poison fills the skies,When the rich prey on the poor,When hope for justice diesWhen a spell lies o¹er the land,Of malice and of lies,Then a wild and fearless bandOf women shall ariseCrazy saints, yoginis,Peering through the gloom,Maenads and dakinisWitches grab your

My semi-regular round-up of articles, essays, and opinions of note for discerning Pagans and Heathens. Over at the On Faith site, the panel weighs in on abortion. Pagan panelist Starhawk gives her take on "abortion and The Goddess". "Women are moral agents, and in the Goddess and Pagan traditions, we are each our own spiritual authority.

Starhawk has jumped into the Sarah Palin fray over at her On Faith blog: "Whenever I hear someone say, "God is on my side," I think, "Yep! Just another argument for polytheism." Because, hey, Sarah Palin's God may want her to build the pipeline, but I've had personal communication from Thundering

Heath Status of Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and Patrick McCollum: We start off with the news that two prominent Pagans who have had recent health problems, Oberon Zell-Ravenheart and Patrick McCollum, are both doing much better. Zell-Ravenheart, who was diagnosed with colon cancer, has successfully made it through surgery, and doctors seem confident that the cancer hasn't spread.

This was sent to me this evening. If you’re not familiar with Starhawk, she is a noted feminist writer and peace activist and is now a panelist for a new website devoted to religion, run by Newsweek and the Washington Post.

As St. Paul, Minnesota, gears up to host the Republican National Convention, local law enforcement agencies are engaging in a series of draconian crack-downs on local activist centers and homes (including the local homeless-feeding Food Not Bombs chapter) in hopes of intimidating groups planning to protest the convention.

Tired of the "Obama is a secret Muslim" rumors? Starhawk has (jokingly) proposed that we fight fire with fire and start claiming that McCain is a secret Pagan. Senator McCain? Is that you under there? "You don't have to be a Pagan to win my vote--in fact, I'd advise you not to be a Pagan if you want to win an election.

Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning (Writers), Paul Pelletier (Pencils), Rick Magyar (Inker), and Guru FX (Colorist) I picked up the first three issues of this series within the last week because I just had to see for myself whether or not it was deserving of the strong reviews it had been getting.