Theodsman Dan Halloran’s candidacy for the Queens New York City Council has attracted a fair amount of attention in the media. This issue has been covered extensively at the Wild Hunt blog, but I did want to post today’s article in the Village Voice. In this case the author spent a bit more time trying to learn about Theodism and Asatru than the other journalists have, clearly doing some research and consulting numerous sources. There are still things to be unhappy about, but the at least the reporter made an effort to do some actual reporting about the issue. It’s a pity that the bar is so low that this has to count as an outstanding effort.

Halloran has been squirming and wiggling about his affiliations — which was partly why the Village Voice chose to look into the issue (the article is titled “Grand Ol’ Pagan: What Does the Republican ‘Heathen’ Running for New York’s City Council Actually Believe?”). Most of the public is probably still fairly confused. But no matter how the election next week turns out, this is another sort of “historic candidacy,” and there will be a new level of public awareness of Heathenry and Theodism.