Pagans gather in Washington, DC on 9/15 to celebrate Lady Liberty League's 25th Anniversary

Pagans gather in Washington, DC on 9/15 to celebrate Lady Liberty League's 25th Anniversary

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LADY LIBERTY LEAGUE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF PAGAN RIGHTS ENDEAVORS

On Wednesday, September 15, 2010, Lady Liberty League will be celebrating
its 25th Anniversary with a reception in Washington, DC.

The reception is free and open to the public.

It will be held from 7-9 pm at the Universalist National Memorial Church,
1810 16th Street Northwest, Washington, DC

National and regional Pagan Rights activists, spiritual leaders, and
practitioners of many traditions will be taking part in this interfaith
celebration.  Participants include those from Washington, DC, Virginia,
Maryland, North Carolina, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Wisconsin, US
Virgin Islands, and elsewhere.

Founded in 1985, Lady Liberty League (LLL) is a national and global Pagan
civil rights and religious freedom organization.  LLL is coordinated by
Circle Sanctuary, an Ecospirituality center and Shamanic Wiccan church that
has been serving Pagans worldwide since 1974.

This special evening includes networking, refreshments, and remarks by
Selena Fox of Wisconsin, Lady Liberty League's Founder and Executive
Director, and Patrick McCollum of California, LLL Chaplaincy Affairs
Director and among this year's recipients of the Hindu American Foundation's
Mahatma Ghandi Award for the Advancement of Religious Pluralism.

The evening will include an overview of the history and accomplishments of
Lady Liberty League, including its origins in September 1985 in the
networking that defeated federal anti-Wiccan legislation.

Lady Liberty League activists and Circle Sanctuary ministers from across the
country will be helping with the reception.

Among the national Pagan leaders already planning to take part in the
reception include Marci Drewry of Virginia, Director of Military Affairs,
Sacred Well Congregation; Holli Emore of North Carolina, Executive Director,
Cherry Hill Seminary; and Peter Dybing, First Officer-Elect, Covenant of the
Goddess.

The site is on the bus line and is a short walk from the Dupont Circle Metro
station. Free parking has been arranged in the Masonic Library parking lot
across the street.

The LLL Reception is being produced by Lady Liberty League, with the
sponsorship support of a variety of national and Washington, DC metropolitan
area Pagan churches, organizations and businesses.

Those interested in attending should RSVP
* Via the LLL Reception Page on Facebook: http://tinycc.LLLdcreception
* Or by contacting Jeanet Ewing: jeanet@circlesanctuary.org; cell:
703-489-5406.

Those interested in being a Sponsor can do so on-line:
www.circlesanctuary.org/liberty or by contacting Deb Morris:
deb@circlesanctuary.org  

Those wanting more information about the venue should contact David Ewing:
david@circlesanctuary.org

More information about Lady Liberty League
Email: liberty@circlesanctuary.org; Phone:(608) 924-2216
Follow LLL on Twitter: @LadyLibertyLeag
Follow LLL on Facebook: http://tiny.cc/LLLfbfans


Pagan News Media: Thursday, September 09, 2010

From a friend of mine and I agree

FYI....

Dear Friends and Family,

After seeing and hearing FOX News’ Glenn Beck, and his lies about our President, Barack Obama, it became impossible for me to sit still, and say nothing. That would have been too reminiscent of the saying from WWII, “The only thing needed for Evil to succeed, is for Good People to do nothing.”

I do attempt, every day, to be a Good Person. Clearly I don’t always succeed, but the thoughts and the attempts are there. Having seen that person in action, along with his colleagues, railing against the President and the Democratic Party, I felt it impossible to say nothing, to do nothing. While my original web site, WBC (Watch Bush Cheat) is no longer up and running, my only way to get the word out is by imposing upon you all, by sending a message to a distribution list. Hopefully, some of you will agree with me, and pass this message along to your friends. If you disagree, please, simply delete this email. It is not going to become a constant thing.

That was my disclaimer. Now, the message:

I still have about 12 minutes left, from my original 15 minutes of fame. FOX News’ Glenn Beck is outrageous! What a Richard he is. (Think about it - the nickname for Richard is ...?)

Seriously, Republicans will do anything, especially use the Big Lie, and they have surpassed the way the Nazis used the Big Lie in the 40s.

If you tell a big enough lie, and do it often enough, at some point, most people will begin to believe it. Republicans are counting upon people believing their lies enough, to be able to stop President Obama from succeeding on anything, especially the Health Care issue. Beck and Bush and their people count on Democrats not really doing their due diligence, not checking for the truth, and allowing President Obama to be slandered and lied about, so they can use fear and misdirection, to keep people from learning the truth. They are even trying to make the people believe that the economic problems this country is having is the fault of the Democrats, not the Republicans. Even though when Bush took office, he inherited the largest surplus this country ever had. He then turned it into the largest debt we have ever had, and passed that debt along to Obama!

If the population learns the truth, they will vote Republicans out of office in droves.

So, your assignment, if you wish to take it, is to learn the truth - remember, the truth shall set you free.

Don't take my word for it; definitely don't take the Republicans' word for it; do the fact checking yourselves, and then you will see just how evil these people, these Republicans, really are.

Cheers!

Again, if you check your facts, and you agree with this message, please pass it along. Hopefully it will help start a groundswell of opinion, to turn back Mitch McConnell and Glenn Beck and all the other Big Liars of the Republican Party, so that the Truth can come out. Do remember that no one owns the Truth. The Truth will certainly set you free.

And once more, thank you all for your patience, to become just a bit more informed. Let this be the beginning of the end for Republicans who know only how to lie to scare the public.

Some of the best news I've heard yet

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_health_care_overhaul

And McCain is a co-sponsor and from what I read this is bipartisan!

A bit of good news

For those who are serving in the western part of the United States of America.

http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/?p=63160

What I'm wondering is why has no one challenged the military and the government in this fashion before?

There are so many good, stract troops, who just happen to be gay/lesbian in the military.
Why shouldn't they be allowed to serve the country of their birth like any straight person can?

Is any one willing to answer?

Just one question

http://tinyurl.com/yhhb4qh

More on this

http://tinyurl.com/yzs5z7g


http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4691/show


WHY???

Senator Hatch

http://tinyurl.com/yeezplw



Although you make some good points in this article and I was not, for the longest of times in agreement with the Dems about using Reconciliation. I'm also for not dragging this out while people who could be helped die.


For too long, too many of your fellow Republican Senators have drug their feet, not helped in putting things up that can help the situation and you know this. You are a Senior Statesman, so why are you letting them get away with what is going to ultimately hurt this country far more then the "health care package" that we will have to deal with and reform as it works it's way into our system?


Why have you not spoken up against what was pushed down our throats by Bush and his cronies for the eight years before our new president took office?
Where are you in helping this country do better in the jobs area?
Where is your loyalty to this country, or do you put party first and country second?


I guess this means I loose my Moderate's card for bringing up these questions.

Are the Republicans that STUPID?????

They think tax cuts and more stimulus packages are going to fix the mess that they started with taking the controls off of the stock market and credit card companies...(I know the Democrats have done their own stuff), but this is going to really screw over the country!!
One example:
http://kdrv.com/news/national/85525

These governors are smart to put their state ahead of what they think.


We have given the companies so much money over they last few years, I mean, just look at the record amounts of profits the oil companies made on the backs of us consumers, look at the money KBR and other such companies made, have any of you kept up with the damage they have done while making that money?
For example:
Army: Shower Death Negligent Homicide
An Army investigation called the electrocution death of a U.S. Soldier in Iraq a "negligent homicide" caused by military contractor KBR Inc., and two of its supervisors, according to a document obtained by The Associated Press.

And this is only one of the many things I have read against this company that is supposed to be making things better in Iraq!!! We really shouldn't be in Iraq any way! Talk about a grab for another country's oil rights and personal vengeance...Bush Jr is a real piece of work and to me he and Cheney are both war criminals.


Watching our politicians and listening to all the things they have done, I'm not only shocked but angry. They are sloppy with their accounting, with their ethics, with their personal lives and yet we of the general public are not allowed that same kind of "freedom" (not that I want to be sloppy in how I live), but I find I'm held to a stricter standard then those who are supposed to be our voices in the government. Honestly I'm pissed off at both sides for letting things get so bad, but I'm more pissed at the Republicans because they have done more damage over the years with health care, with taking out loans from other countries, like China and Canada. If they wanted to recall their loans we would not own our own country any more. They would own it!!! BTW have we gotten Habeus Corpus back yet?

This is what I see from the Republicans:

http://tinyurl.com/bb2237

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., agreed that more could be done in the area of housing, though he said tapping money in the separate financial bailout fund would be a more likely way to pay for mortgage relief.

I don't own a house, but this I do agree with and this is probably one of the only times I will really agree with Barney Frank, but this is a really good point.

"I never saw a tax cut fix a bridge. I never saw a tax cut give us more public transportation. The fact is, we need a mix," Frank said.

Time to make jobs not cut taxes. Cutting taxes haven't brought us any jobs lately.