At the September equinox, the Wheel turns once again. Selena Fox, Belladonna LaVeau, Lilith Wolf, Jim Sayers, Macha NightMare, and Manny Tejeda y Moreno share reflections on harvest, gratitude, death, renewal, and balance.
News
Two Tennessee Religious Freedom Disputes Put Minority Faiths in Focus
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Two separate religious-freedom disputes in Tennessee—one involving religious practice and eligibility to foster and the other involving Ten Commandments displays in public schools—raise questions about government involvement with religion and protections for minority faiths.
Editorial
Editorial: Lawsuits and Letters suggest Workplace is a New Religious Liberty Front
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A federal settlement protecting Christian employers and a Southern Baptist appeal to the Justice Department raise a broader question: Will the government’s expanding religious-liberty framework offer minority faiths the same protections in the workplace?
Hounds
Unleash the Hounds! Mice, Metal, and Sacred Waters
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From hundreds of mice deposited at an ancient sanctuary on Crete to Bronze Age offerings in a Czech wetland and a ceremonial landscape surrounding an English spring, this week’s Hounds Archaeology explores new evidence of ancient ritual practices.
News
New Military Religious Affiliation Codes Roll Out in Marine Corps
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The Marine Corps has released an administrative message advising personnel of the Pentagon’s revised religious affiliation codes, requiring Marines to update their records by September 30 as minority faiths previously represented individually are consolidated into religious categories.
Letters
Letters to the Editor: When Washington Talks About Religious Liberty, Does It Remember Pagans?
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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.