What a happy and holy fashion it is that those who love one another should rest on the same pillow. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne The Seventh House, of course, is the house of partnership and marriage. This month, the first happy weddings are being celebrated, after the third most populous state in America struck down the laws … Read more
On Thursday, Sept. 24, using tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets, riot police attacked University of Pittsburgh students on their own campus. Most of the students were just hanging out, not demonstrating. But so what if they were demonstrating, since it was a peaceful assembly? Who decides if we aren’t “allowed” to exercise our … Read more
We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever. — Susan B. Anthony, Declaration of Rights for Women, July 1876 Today is the 88th Anniversary of passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment … Read more
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.— Exodus 22:18 On this day in 1985, the American House and Senate dropped the “Helms amendment,” which would have barred the IRS from granting tax-exempt status to groups that promote Witchcraft. And on this day in 1998, less than ten years ago, the Vatican finally took responsibility … Read more
Hail Mother, who art the earth, Hallowed be thy soil, rock and flora that nourish and support all life. Blessed be thy wind that gives us breath and thy watersthat quench, bathe and refresh all living things. Holy Earth – as one – we praiseyour majesty, grace and wonder.— Bill Faherty If the Romans could … Read more
Philadelphia Shuts Down Psychics By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: April 27, 2007 Filed at 12:23 p.m. ET PHILADELPHIA (AP) — They never saw it coming. City inspectors shut down more than a dozen psychics, astrologers and tarot-card readers after learning about a decades-old state law that bans fortune telling for profit. Inspectors did not make arrests … Read more