Pagan Students Association

There’s not much more to say other than to suggest that you read more information at The Wild Hunt, but the short version is this:

Patrick McCollum was seeking a position as a chaplain to Pagan inmates in California prisons.  His application was turned down because the current rules prohibit paid chaplains for anyone that isn’t Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, or a follower of a Native American religion.  The courts have been dealing with the case for five years, but recently it has received some more attention.

More information can be found at the Wild Hunt: Patrick McCollum’s Case Hits the Mainstream.

Syracuse University has appointed Mary Hudson its first Pagan chaplain this year become what is likely only the second U.S. college or university to have one.  A Pagan chaplain, that is; I suspect a number of colleges and universities have “Mary Hudsons!”  The other unviersity, according to the Daily Orange report, is the University of Southern Maine.

You can read more information online at the Daily Orange, an independent campus newspaper at Syracuse.

Come and join us on Wednesday in the Illini Union for our first panel during the Spring 2010 semester!  Our panel during the Fall was very successful and we’re hoping for a great turnout and an engaged audience with a lot of interesting questions.  After the panel we’ll head downstairs to the Illini Union Courtyard Café if anyone wants to continue chatting!