Dave Finnin

posted by Broomstick Chronicles | 2:36 AM | 1 comments
Sunday, October 14, 2007
In Hot Water

Well, I did my best, but, as my friend Oak would say, “mistakes were made.” No sooner did I release that press release than I received objections and corrections. My most egregious mistake was to list Lady Liberty League as a supporter. LLL does not take public stands on political matters, only those that directly concern Pagan legal rights. For that, I apologize to LLL and to Jerrie Hildebrand personally. My mistake was using a former press release that LLL did sign as a template for this one and neglecting to remove their names.

I also apologize to Caroline Kenner, the Chesapeake Pagan Community and the Sacred Space Foundation.

A few folks complained that their names were not included and they would have wanted to sign. I circulated the press release — so many people seem to confuse ‘press release’ with ‘petition’ or ‘letter’; it is neither — with the words “TIME-SENSITIVE” in the subject line and said in the text that we intended to release is around midnight on October 12. Yes, it was rushed.

I had tried to list organizations separately, to strengthen the statement by inferring memberships. In order to accomplish that that, I lifted the names of people who’d signed and listed an organizational affiliation and put them into a list of organizations. This was a mistake. As things turned out, I got some of those folks in trouble with their organizations because they apparently weren’t authorized to sign on behalf of the entire groups. To them I also apologize, and will do so to their memberships as a whole if requested.