“What do you think I voted for at Omaha Beach?”

One WW2 veteran’s views on equality in marriage and other contexts:

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I liked this poem better than the official one

The Velveteen Rabbi gave us a marvelous poem for the Inauguration. I confess to a weakness for Antarctic explorer metaphors.
As this cold day dawns you stand at the prow
gazing over the ice. It creaks and groans
but your sixth sense will tell us where the floes
will let us through. Terra incognita awaits
and bright sundogs gamboling [...]

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Hope instead of fear

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I voted for Obama. I rejoice that he’s won. May all gods bless and protect him, and these United States.

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Sovereignty

The word “king” comes from the Old English word “cyning”.  It is related to words “kin” and “kind”.  The King is the one who is our kind, who represents our kin.
The Latin “rex”, the Sanskrit “raja”, the Gaulish “rix”, the Irish “righ”, the Old English “rice” (pronounced “ree-chuh”), and the German “reich” all have the [...]

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Skating the edge of the political pond, again

Politics is *not* my topic here chez Urban Druid, but I feel compelled to pass on this meme from Diana L. Paxson.  It’s both pagan and non-partisan, and seasonally appropriate all round.

As you call on the ancestors this Samhain, pay some extra attention to our American heroes and heroines, who fought for liberty and justice [...]

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To do good deeds and repair the world

The Velveteen Rabbi points today toward a splendid prayer before voting from Reb David Seidenberg.  These words in particular caught my Druid eye:
Just as I participated in elections today
so may I merit to do good deeds and repair the world with all my actions,
and with the act of…[fill in your pledge] which I pledge to [...]

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