Responsive Blessing for a Same-Sex Couple Commitment Ceremony
LEADER: Because our love for one another is often not recognized, because our commitments are not yet legal, ALL: We[…]
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Report to the 1987 General Assembly
From the report of Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz UUA President, to the 1987 General Assembly: We Unitarian Universalists have[…]
Read moreUnitarian Universalist Ministers’ Statement of Concern 2002
Issued at Convocation in Birmingham, Alabama March 10, 2002 During Convo, with the leadership of Alabama Unitarian Universalist ministers, we[…]
Read moreInterview with Rev. Richard Kellaway
Interview presumably conducted by Lee Paczulla December 6, 2010 Q: Was the issue of homosexuality already being talked about within[…]
Read moreHomosexuality at Fourth Universalist Church: An Interview with Edmund Pease
Submitted by Rev. Richard A. Kellaway, minister at Fourth Universalist Church from 1968 to 1973. (At that time, the church[…]
Read moreHow We Love: On Growing a Soul
A Sermon Offered by Stephen C. Kraynak Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson, AZ November 18, 2012 “The hand you take[…]
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Until All Are Equal: Refusing to Sign Marriage Licenses
A sermon delivered by Rev. Josh Pawelek Unitarian Universalist Society, East Manchester, CT November 2, 2003 When I initially planned[…]
Read moreTying a Ribbon Around the Church
It was the Fall of 1992, and I had just arrived in Portland, Oregon, to take my position as the[…]
Read moreConducting Services of Union
Prior to the legalization of marriage During the 1990s while I served May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society in Syracuse, I[…]
Read moreGay and Lesbian Divorce Form
Be it known that on October 28, 2000 Rose ________ and Harriet ________ were joined in Holy Union by the[…]
Read moreGay/Lesbian Wedding Ceremonies
Assembled by Elizabeth Strong in the 1990s OPENING WORDS 1) Friends, we are gathered here at this hour[…]
Read moreThe First Out Lesbian and Gay Unitarian Universalist Ministers
Singing for Our Lives The First Out Lesbian and Gay Unitarian Universalist Ministers[1] Celeste DeRoche ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS I set[…]
Read moreLaunching the Grassroots Continental UU Rainbow Movement
Although UUs had been officially engaged in working for gay, lesbian, and bisexual rights since the 1970 General Assembly resolution[…]
Read moreThe Education of a Hayseed in Academia
I became a Unitarian Universalist in 1963, a few years before Stonewall, but my contribution to the Rainbow History Project[…]
Read moreTo Love and to Cherish, For Better or For Worse
Unitarian Universalists of the Cumberland Valley October 3, 2004 © The Rev. Judy Welles Invitation to Worship Christopher Lemelin, Worship[…]
Read moreLGBTQIA Rights and Inclusion
In 1974, after the worship service in our Quad Cities (Iowa) UU congregation, a member approached me with a challenge:[…]
Read moreThe Journey of A Congregation
This is the story of a congregation coming to new understandings and new actions regarding lesbians, gay males, bisexuals, and[…]
Read morePersonal Memories of LGBTQ Groundbreakers in the UUA
I was a surprising, and surprised participant in some important moments in the LGBTQ history of the UUA. I say[…]
Read moreAbout Your Sexuality: Religion and the Homosexual
Richard S. Gilbert – Rochester, NY – April 13, 1975 READING: CALL TO THE LIVING This is a call to[…]
Read moreUniversalist Ministers Face Charges for Marrying Gay Couples
From Pat Sullivan, about the advocacy work of her spouse the Rev. Kay Greenleaf. The Advocate, March 17 2004 Two[…]
Read moreMisinformation and Fear of Gay Ministers
What follows are some of my GLBTQ+ experiences between my birth in 1935 and today, when I am 83 years[…]
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