The Wild Hunt (https://wildhunt.org/category/perspectives/opinion)
As the Religious Liberty Commission reviews public comments, The Pagan Solidarity Alliance examines Pagan representation in the federal record and argues that meaningful religious liberty depends on ensuring minority faiths remain visible in government policy and practice.
Rather than obsessing over the miniscule number of transgender athletes in women’s sports, fairness-minded politicians like Ken Paxton should focus on the pandemic of unregulated divine intervention in men’s sports.
“Platner’s swift rise and fall mirrors the dynamics we often experience in Pagan spaces when a new cult of personality begins picking up steam,” writes Ryan Smith, examining how a lack of vetting harms both political and Pagan movements.
“250 years later, our nation struggles through an emotional morass that hovers like a low-hanging weather system,” writes Clio Ajana. “For those who were alive during 1976 bicentennial, the feel, the mood, and the execution of American’s birthday in 2026 is grim.”
A group of Heathen organizations writes in to reiterate their opposition to Folkish Heathenry and announce their ongoing coalition for inclusive Heathenry.
“Sadly, as we are not even 30 years past the first acknowledgement of Pride Month by President Clinton,” writes Clio Ajana, “we are reverting. Certain states have passed state or local proclamations declaring June as anything but Pride Month.”
