population of the United States) still live in states where the right to marry is restricted on the basis of gender-preference. Support the UUA in making marriage Equality the law of the land SlateHuman Rights Campaign (HRC) website for detailed state-by-state information on marriage-equality.

There are Reasons Some People Won't Get a Break … class="alignleft size-full wp-image-15793" alt="Mass_Incarceration_Business_is_Good" src="Mass Incarceration is an aspect of the reh… (penology) to punishmentsystemicRockefeller Drug Laws", and has broadened over the past 20 years to...

The Mass in Religion has Always Been in the Street Eliz… Drescher questions the wisdom of viewing the Internet as a cause of the disaffection with organized religion, pointing out that for the public "mass" media has always held greater allure than religious Mass itself, and that the demise of...

Plaintiffs Include UU Congregations Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations in North Carolina (www.puuc.org/">Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church, Charlotte and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville) have joined the suit against the state of North Carolina led by the...

Ending It Isn't a Game Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling have excited outrage from all quarters, including the most expensive fine the National Basketball Association (NBA) can levy, banning Sterling from attending any NBA events or facilities and determining how to force him to sell his...

Climate Change: 5 Minutes to Midnight, 15 Years and Counting Down Nell Greenfieldboyce on National Public Radio's Morning Edition IPCC report affirming human activity causing climate change and the Blue Boat. Check out the Doomsday Clock, which since 2007 reflects both nuclear catastrophe and...

Unitarian Universalism welcomes the Transgendered and supports Transgendered equality. Learn how the UUA persuaded Verizon to protect transgendered workers. Excerpted from the essay in Ivan E. Coyote's book on Slate.com: I don’t see cisgendered women who want to feel safe in a public washroom as...

Eric Holthaus, one from his series "Thirsty West" on the Future Tense page of Slate.comFind out about the UUA and Environmental Justice Learn what the UUA is doing on climate change and global warming Learn about the UUA Green Sanctuary Program and how to participate Read Eric Holthaus' article,...

From Cradle to Incarceration Sonali Kolhatkar in her post, "Studies Confirm the Dehumanization of Black Children and the ‘Preschool-to-Prison Pipeline’", first published on Commondreams.org13 percent of all Americans, nearly 50% of prison inmates are black and that their exclusion from society...

Evolving an ageless life event into the modern age Generation X" is in its prime and most influential. But it is also true that as an age cohort Millennials are discovering and defining themselves in the midst of major social, economic and technological change. And what they are discovering is...

Same Beliefs – Many Practices The expanding breadth and diversity of Unitarian Universalist congregation and practice is developing a solid base for the growth of Unitarian Universalism in the future. Does it also show a way to the growth of spiritual fulfillment or faith for people living in an...

R…. Erik Wikstrom serves as Settled Minister at the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church - Unitarian Universalist, Charlotsville, VA. The Blue Boat occasionally re-posts from his blog, A Minister's Musings. Here are Rev. Wickstrom's reflections on the death of Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro...

Beacon Broadside.–Ed. It's rebuttal, bub, not narcissism Stephanie Mann The Go-Nowhere Generation. Trophy Kids. The Peter Pan Generation. For a group that’s over 80 million strong, Millennials sure do take a lot of flak sitting down. Or at least they used to. Today, Millennials—the generation...

Jokers to the Right* Heeding the call of the UUA and others, The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) modified its discriminatory policy, allowing gay scouts to join but maintaining the ban on gay adult scout leaders. R… the full text of Morales' statement.) The Disney Company has adopted this position,...

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Who are these "nones", anyway? More research into the Future of Faith.–Ed. According to research from the Public Religion Institute, while a large majority of nones are secular or athiest/agnostic, a significant percentage of them believe in the existence of God in some form. What does this...

DAY 13: Intersectional Justice Making environmental justice.” The idea is simple and pretty obvious: low-income and marginalized communities are more likely to face negative effects of pollution and environmental degradation than high-income and privileged communities. Still, it was mind-blowing...

An interview with Dr. Elizabeth Drescher from the blog Confirm Not Conform about what makes the "Nones" tick. Drescher comments that, “Catholics who become Nones are hurt. Evangelicals that become Nones are angry. Mainline Protestants who become Nones are just bored," explaining that the...

Read history from Selma. Make history in Raleigh. http://www.allsoulsnyc.org/site/c.atJQL8NRJqL8H/b.6349551/k.9663/Richar… Richard Leonard marched by his side when Dr. Martin Luther King called him and other clergy to join the struggle for voting rights in Selma, Alabama. More than 200 Unitarian...