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A Pagan's Blog
Laity and Leaders: Sipple, Niasse, Bingham, Beamer…and Rekers
By
Gus diZerega
When Sarah Jane Moore attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford, her aim was deflected by disabled former Marine Oliver Sipple, and Ford’s life saved. Sipple was gay. Under prevailing Republican bigotry and Democratic hypocrisy, he would not be allowed to serve his country in uniform. Faisal Shazhad’s attempted car bomb was first discovered and the…
Conservative values in Action
By
Gus diZerega
It’s quite a video…
A Pagan Take on Recent Disasters and the Value of the World
By
Gus diZerega
The massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico raises a question that has been raised in other contexts over the last year or so: has the scale of things we attempt as a society come to exceed our ability to do them well? What do BP’s failure, Goldman Sachs’ failure and Massey Energy’s failure have…
May Pole Omens? I hope so.
By
Gus diZerega
Many of us gathered yesterday to do a Sunday May Pole over in Bodega Bay, a small town on the Sonoma coast. This marked the conclusion of our Beltane weekend. The coastal hills and bluffs were alive with flowers, as were people’s yards. A cool breeze came in off the Pacific, but the summer fog…
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