ACLU Internet Organizer Matt Howes (creator of our cool new Action Center), recently sent this notice from Townhall.com, a grassroots conservative web community.
In the message, Townhall President Drew Bond decries the Meetup.com switch to monthly fees for event sponsors. Townhall is now going to run its own meetup events. (As anyone with a bit of capacity will eventually.)
The best part is the way Bond promoted these new meetups in the member newsletter:

• Easier and more intuitive interface.
• Conservatives only! No Deaniacs, no pagans, no liberals.
• Greater integration with Townhall.com.
• Tools to facilitate action and coordination.

… but now look at the subtle difference in how they’re promoted on the site:

• Easier and more intuitive interface.
• Conservatives only! No Deaniacs, no liberals.
• Greater integration with Townhall.com.
• Tools to facilitate action and coordination.

I guess they decided to broaden the base and be more welcoming of pagans.
Interestingly, a search of “pagan” on Meetup yields 754 groups. The next biggest category is “Pagan Parenting” with 222 groups. A search on “Christian” yielded only 5 groups under “Christian Parenting.” I didn’t check how many “anti-pagan” groups were under the Christian category.
Both searches yielded Dar Williams groups within the first 10 results. Now what’s that about?