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Unitarian Universalist Ministers’ Statement of Concern 2002

August 20, 2019 UUMA stories

Issued at Convocation in Birmingham, Alabama March 10, 2002 During Convo, with the leadership of Alabama Unitarian Universalist ministers, we[…]

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Interview with Rev. Richard Kellaway

August 20, 2019 Richard Kellaway stories

Interview presumably conducted by Lee Paczulla December 6, 2010 Q: Was the issue of homosexuality already being talked about within[…]

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Homosexuality at Fourth Universalist Church:  An Interview with Edmund Pease

August 20, 2019 Edmund Pease stories

Submitted by Rev.  Richard A.  Kellaway, minister at Fourth Universalist Church from 1968 to 1973. (At that time, the church[…]

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How We Love: On Growing a Soul

August 20, 2019 Stephen C. Kraynak stories

A Sermon Offered by Stephen C.  Kraynak Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson, AZ November 18, 2012 “The hand you take[…]

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Josh Pawelek

Until All Are Equal: Refusing to Sign Marriage Licenses

August 8, 2019 Josh Pawelek stories

A sermon delivered by Rev. Josh Pawelek Unitarian Universalist Society, East Manchester, CT November 2, 2003 When I initially planned[…]

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Tying a Ribbon Around the Church

August 8, 2019 Marilyn Sewell stories

It was the Fall of 1992, and I had just arrived in Portland, Oregon, to take my position as the[…]

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Conducting Services of Union

February 18, 2019 Elizabeth Strong stories

Prior to the legalization of marriage During the 1990s while I served May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society in Syracuse, I[…]

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Gay and Lesbian Divorce Form

February 18, 2019 Elizabeth Strong stories

Be it known that on October 28, 2000 Rose ________ and Harriet ________ were joined in Holy Union by the[…]

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Gay/Lesbian Wedding Ceremonies

February 18, 2019 Elizabeth Strong stories

Assembled by Elizabeth Strong in the 1990s OPENING WORDS 1)     Friends, we are gathered here at this hour[…]

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The First Out Lesbian and Gay Unitarian Universalist Ministers

February 18, 2019 Celeste DeRoche stories

Singing for Our Lives The First Out Lesbian and Gay Unitarian Universalist Ministers[1] Celeste DeRoche ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS I set[…]

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Launching the Grassroots Continental UU Rainbow Movement

January 14, 2019 Dorothy Emerson stories

Although UUs had been officially engaged in working for gay, lesbian, and bisexual rights since the 1970 General Assembly resolution[…]

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The Education of a Hayseed in Academia

December 25, 2018 Barbara Child stories

I became a Unitarian Universalist in 1963, a few years before Stonewall, but my contribution to the Rainbow History Project[…]

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To Love and to Cherish, For Better or For Worse

December 18, 2018 Judy Welles stories

Unitarian Universalists of the Cumberland Valley October 3, 2004 © The Rev. Judy Welles Invitation to Worship Christopher Lemelin, Worship[…]

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LGBTQIA Rights and Inclusion

December 18, 2018 Carolyn and Tom Owen-Towle stories

In 1974, after the worship service in our Quad Cities (Iowa) UU congregation, a member approached me with a challenge:[…]

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The Journey of A Congregation

December 14, 2018 Kenneth W. Phifer stories

This is the story of a congregation coming to new understandings and new actions regarding lesbians, gay males, bisexuals, and[…]

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Personal Memories of LGBTQ Groundbreakers in the UUA

November 26, 2018 Wayne Arnason stories

I was a surprising, and surprised participant in some important moments in the LGBTQ history of the UUA. I say[…]

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About Your Sexuality: Religion and the Homosexual

November 10, 2018 Richard S. Gilbert stories

Richard S. Gilbert – Rochester, NY – April 13, 1975 READING: CALL TO THE LIVING This is a call to[…]

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Universalist Ministers Face Charges for Marrying Gay Couples

November 7, 2018 Pat Sullivan stories

From Pat Sullivan, about the advocacy work of her spouse the Rev. Kay Greenleaf. The Advocate, March 17 2004 Two[…]

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Misinformation and Fear of Gay Ministers

October 11, 2018 James A. Hobart stories

What follows are some of my GLBTQ+ experiences between my birth in 1935 and today, when I am 83 years[…]

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Authors

  • Adele Smith-Penniman
  • Arthur Severance
  • Barbara Child
  • Brendan Hadash
  • Carolyn and Tom Owen-Towle
  • Cathie Severance
  • Celeste DeRoche
  • David Hunter
  • Dawn Sangrey
  • Dee Graham
  • Diane M. W. Miller
  • Doddie Stone
  • Dorothy Emerson
  • Edmund Pease
  • Elizabeth Strong
  • Eric Schuman
  • Eugene Navias
  • Ginger Luke
  • Gordon Gibson
  • Holly Horn
  • Jaco B. ten Hove
  • James A. Hobart
  • Jay Deacon
  • Josh Pawelek
  • Judy Welles
  • Kathleen Ellis
  • Keith Kron
  • Kenneth W. Phifer
  • Kim K Crawford Harvie
  • Leslie Westbrook
  • Lucy Hitchcock
  • Marilyn Sewell
  • Marion Visel
  • Mark Oppenheimer
  • Meg Riley
  • Michael Crumpler
  • Ned Wight
  • Pat Sullivan
  • Rhett Baird
  • Richard Kellaway
  • Richard S. Gilbert
  • Roger Fritts
  • Sean Parker-Dennison
  • Stephen C. Kraynak
  • Thea Nietfeld
  • UUMA
  • UURHAdmin
  • UURMaPA Conference
  • Walter Jonas
  • Wayne Arnason
  • William F. Schulz
  • author unknown
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