Perhaps But Only One Step Forward Catholic Culture commented the Pope's statements, "were widely interpreted by reporters as an acceptance of homosexuals in the Catholic priesthood. But in fact the Pope’s comments were addressed to different questions. According to Catholic Culture the Pope, "...

Multicultural Ministries 2013 Sharing Project here.uua.orghere.akapitan@uua.org that person’s name and contact information (or the contact information of a third person), and special needs. We’ll make every effort to find alternative ways for this person to participate in the project. We look...

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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....

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...

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.

UUs in Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota celebrate equal marriage rights in rapid succession.

Today the barrier against openly identifying as LGBTQ in professional sports in the United States fell when a current player, twelve-year veteran of the National Basketball Association affirmed his homosexual identity....

Today the barrier against openly identifying as LGBTQ in professional sports in the United States fell when a current player, twelve-year veteran of the National Basketball Association affirmed his homosexual identity....

NFL Meets With Gay Rights Groups (Huffington Post) WASHINGTON -- The National Football League met with LGBT rights groups last week about the push to end homophobia in sports, at a time when came out as gay in 2012 after he was done playing professional football, participated as well....

LGBT in Religious Communities: A Faith and Human Rights Discussion … class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-8845" alt="UU_UNO_Spring_Conf_13" src=" The panel discussion on LGBT in Religious Communities, organized as part of the UU-UNO 2013 Spring Seminar, "Sex, Love and Violence: Sexual Orientatio...

The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) has published as a graphic potential outcomes of the United States Supreme Court on Prop 8 and www.marriageequality.org/">Marriage Equality. A decision is expected from the Court by the end of June....

Continuing the trend of legislative and electoral victories, Colorado has become the 10th state to approve legislation equalizing the rights of couples joined in same-sex civil union to married couples. The United States Supreme Court hears argument on California Proposition 8 on March 26 and is...

The United States Supreme Court is set to hear a challenges to California State Proposition 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act – both of which restrict the definition of marriage as a union between one woman and one man – toward the end of March, 2013, with a decision likely near the end...

The following statement was issued by Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) President Rev. Peter Morales following the Boy Scouts of America decision during their board meeting last week to put off consideration of ending their ban on LGBTQ membership. - Ed. “The Unitarian Universalist...

Popular votes in Maine, Maryland, and Washington approve same-sex marriage; Minnesotans reject marriage ban.