To Be Very Clear

Thanks for the opportunity to clarify my last post.

If you'll read back a few days, you'll find me urging those Pagans who feel they can be active in the political arena to do so....whether they are Democrats, Republicans, Greens, or independents. Further, those who feel they would rather not be active in a partisan way were urged to become active in an organization whose focus (environmental, civil liberties, and the like) matched their own viewpoint. I even urged Pagans attending the Republican National Convention to comment on their experiences, as I have commented on mine.

By their very nature blogs are personal stories. I can only tell my own and urge others to do the same. My point and purpose is that Pagans are very much affected by those in political power. Laws and court decisions affect us, as they affect people of every faith. My own personal belief is that those of us who can spare an hour or two once in a while for political action ought to do so. It will take more than slapping on a bumpersticker; it will take a strong effort to become known (and even relied upon) by those in power.

I've heard people say that we Pagans represent the next civil rights movement, and that may well be so. For us to succeed we must come out of the shadows and start stuffing envelopes.