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Last Night's Real Winners: Pagans
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| Contributor | Ralphie |
| Last Edited | Ralphie Nov 05, 2009 12:56pm |
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| Author | Kerry Howley |
| News Date | Wednesday, November 4, 2009 06:55:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dan Halloran is the next City Council Representative for New York’s 19th district. He is a Republican. Also, he is the "First Atheling," or prince, among members of a local pagan group that worships Norse gods. "It is our hope," he explained on his now-missing website, "to reconstruct the pre-Christian religion of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European peoples, within a cultural framework and community environment." Excellent.
Halloran is the nation’s first openly pagan elected official. The Queens Tribune reported on his Theodism in September. “I believe in God,” Halloran said to calm pagan-shy voters. Fellow pagans booed; it’s Gods, Halloran! He reassured: “I honor my ancestors and cling to my Hiberno-Norse Culture’s Worldview.” The Village Voice reports extensively on neo-paganism’s sinister side, though there seems to be no evidence that Halloran himself is anything but a stand-up First Atheling. “Adherents of Theodism worship deities, the land, and ancestors, and value honor, oath-taking, family, and tribe," says California State University religious studies professor Sarah Pike. Put that way, the Republican-pagan connection seems pretty unremarkable. |
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