Pagans in Office
Various pagan email groups are buzzing about Dan Halloran’s victory on Tuesday night, 3 November 2009, in his Northeast Queens City Council campaign. The campaign was won by addressing grassroots issues that mattered to the community – maintaining the character of the area by preventing large-scale real estate development, and the promotion of education, neighbourhood safety, and small business growth. Halloran received 13,694 votes compared to his opponent’s 12,380. Halloran had to overcome a smear campaign claiming that his religion furthered anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic views and that it was supported by neo-Nazis and white supremacists.
Like many pagans, Halloran was raised a Christian, or in his case, a Roman Catholic. His university studies took him from a purely academic interest in Germanic mythology and lore, to embracing Heathenry, (more…)