The PUC (Pagan Unity Campaign) staff is as full of people who have strong opinions and aren't afraid to voice them as is the ProgressiveU membership. The spirit and passion displayed by state chairs and various others on staff there is part of what makes the organization such fun to work with. Read More »
Voter Education

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are, 'it might have been'

Another Comma for Obama? or Just Another Uninformed Voter?
I have many friends and acquaintances who are avidly supporting Obama for president. Many of the people I know supporting Obama are members of the United Church of Christ (UCC) and are proudly tying their support for Obama with the denomination's "God is Still Speaking" comma.
From soon after I began noticing campaigns related to the presidential election, part of me was temped to jump on the Obama Comma bandwagon and support his campaign. After all I had friends supporting him, I hadn't heard anything bad about him (at least not anything realistic), and he even has ties to my church denomination. Nearly everyone I knew seemed to be picking their presidential candidate, and I wanted to be a part of that, Read More »

You're so sexist!
Sarah Palin, as everyone is by now aware, has been chosen as John McCain's running mate. Until a few days ago, all I knew was that she's the Republican Governor of Alaska. Now that she's the VP pick, I've begun doing my homework as have so many others and have summed it up rather much as she supports most of what I oppose and opposes most of what I support. I can live with that. Read More »


