Code Switch - This NPR blog is one of the best places for new takes on race and culture, particularly the intersection of race with other identities and issues (like gender and class). >> npr.org/blogs/codeswitch Colorlineshttp://colorlines.com/archives/2011/11/jay_smooths_ted_talk_on_how_he_l…...

Support Pastor Frank Schaefer standing on the side of love. Declaring, "I will never be silent again," Pastor Frank Schaefer accepts that the United Methodist Church will defrock him for supporting marriage equality because it is counter to church law. In appreciation of his principled stand we...

A founding story of American Thanksgiving, reflected by the History Channel claims, " In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies."(Read source hereIndian Country Toda...

Marriage-equality is in the way to becoming the norm in American society....

Can it be detrimental to the principles of Unitarian Universalist faith when the people who witness for a cause overshadow the cause itself? Pursuing this line of thought, the Rev. Andrew L. Weber suggests we not to lose focus on the issues at hand.–Ed.

The Rev. President Peter Morales is arrested at the https://actionnetwork.org/event_campaigns/october-5-national-day-of-dig… Day of Dignity and Respect.– Ed. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-peter-morales/while-government-shuts-… Government Shuts Down, Immigration Reform Steps Up As members...

Kathleen Carpenter reminds us that standing up from a position of privilege can be easier than you think, and that as UU's it is an opportunity for re-dedication to values and principles. – Ed. I am not anxious to be the loudest voice or the most popular. But I would like to think that at a...

We post an excerpt of a story about groundbreaking equality and justice – on the Federal Bench. – Ed. Jennifer Bendery of the Huffington Post. WASHINGTON -- The Senate made history on Tuesday by voting to confirm Todd Hughes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Hughes, who was...

This report of a Unitarian Universalist Congregation acting upon the beliefs we share comes from our friends at UU World and provides the opportunity for reflection on our Fifth Principle. – Ed. Florida Church Welcomes Boy Scouts Spurned by Baptists When three local units of the Boy Scouts of...

We share this reflection on the value of openness and trust in the face of uncertainty borne upon past experience by the Rev. Erik Wikstrom from his blog, A Minister's Musings. Follow Rev. Wikstrom on his blog. – Ed. http://a-ministers-musings.blogspot.com/2013/08/to-believe-or-not-to-be…...

Read the complete text of Michelle Alexander's commentary for Time Magazine online here…; – Ed. Let it be said hereafter that we were quiet no more. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color-blindness The New Jim Crow and Mass Incarceration at the UUAprint-rea… version of the...

The following is a statement from The Rev. Peter Morales, president of the Unitarian Universalist Association. -Ed. Unitarian Universalist Association joined two amicus curiae briefs in these cases with other religious organizations in support of marriage equality....

Wikipediahttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/supreme-court-prop-8_n_3434854… Post. Read analysis of what is likely to happen now that the Supreme Court has vacated the Ninth Circuit Court order on SCOTUSBLOG...

DOMA deprives the equal liberty of persons that is protected by the Fifth Amendment. Defense of Marriage Act, a United States federal law that restricted federal marriage benefits and required inter-state marriage recognition to only opposite-sexmarriagesWikipedia…;. Supreme Court DOMA Decision...

Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/25/voting-rights-act-supreme-cour…;. "The Supreme Court on Tuesday effe… struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by a 5-to-4 vote, ruling that Congress had not provided adequate justification for subjecting nine states, mostly...

This story is re-posted from the Orlando Sentinel and originally appeared in its June 10, 2013 online edition. The Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice (UUCSJ) offers "Civil Rights Justice Journeys" - click hereh…;...

KY Interfaith Power & Light in partnership with KY & WV UU Ministers Coalition, UU College of Social Justice, UU Ministry for Earth, UUA Multicultural Growth & Witness and Standing on the Side of Love Staff Team, and UU State Advocacy Networks and UULM California's SALT Fellows (Spiritual Activis...

BSA welcomes all youth, only some adults At its annual national meeting the www.scouting.org">Boy Scouts of America (BSA) approved a resolution removing, " the restriction denying membership to youth on the basis of sexual orientation alone."(1) 60% of 1,400 voting members approved the measure.