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The ULC Monastery Supports Google's "Legalize Love" Campaign

July 13th, 2012

In one of the boldest moves of its kind, Google has launched a global campaign to promote safer conditions for LGBT people in and out of the workplace. The announcement came just weeks after the Universal Life Church Monastery issued a proclamation calling on Continue Reading »

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The Truth Behind the Birth Control Debate

June 13th, 2012

While the rest of the developed world has moved on, the United States languishes in a protracted, politicized debate over contraception funding. Now, anti-abortion activist David Bereit has joined a coalition of groups opposing the contraception requirement of Continue Reading »

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A "Savage" Attack on Christianity and the Bible

May 9th, 2012

Journalist Dan Savage ruffled more than a few feathers a couple of weeks ago when he made a speech at a high school journalism convention in Seattle about how Christians use the Bible. The gay-rights advocate did fling a few unnecessary invectives, but he also Continue Reading »

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Give Back the Rainbow!

April 24th, 2012

Disclaimer: The following article is a satire. Satire is the use of irony and sarcasm to criticize an argument or expose its faults and absurdities by pretending to defend it. It explicitly states the opposite of what it means. Pastor Ken Hutcherson of Antioc Continue Reading »

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Arizona Passes Bills on Abortion, Bible Classes

April 17th, 2012

Within one week, the Arizona legislature has passed measures banning abortions after twenty weeks and legalizing the teaching of Bible classes in public schools. Gov. Jan Brewer has already signed the abortion bill into law. The Universal Life Church Monastery Continue Reading »

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NOM Strategy to Divide Blacks, Gays Exposed

April 2nd, 2012

A district court in Maine has released an internal document from the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) outlining the group's strategy for fighting marriage equality. According to the document, the group's goal is to pit blacks and Latinos against the ga Continue Reading »

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Religious Activists Protest Contraception Law

March 30th, 2012

Religious activists rallied in San Francisco on March 23 to protest a new federal requirement backed by U.S. president Barack Obama that would force insurers of religious-affiliated institutions to provide free contraception for employees. The Universal Life C Continue Reading »

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Bronze-Age Sexism in the Modern-Day Church

February 23rd, 2012

You're sitting in the pew at church, listening to the pastor give a sermon on the proper relationship between wives and husbands. He (although he could be a she) quotes Ephesians 5:22-3, and immediately your ears prick up. Your pulse quickens and your skin bec Continue Reading »

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Bishops, Obama, and Birth-Control

February 16th, 2012

Catholic and evangelical Protestant church leaders are getting ready to fight U.S. president Barack Obama on birth control mandates for employers. Obama has announced adjustments to the mandate to exempt religious organizations, but critics have argued that th Continue Reading »

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Washington State Legalizes Gay Marriage

February 13th, 2012

On Monday, 13 February, Washington State legalized gay marriage when Governor Christine Gregoire signed into law a marriage equality bill passed by the state Legislature. On the same day, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum was visiting the state to meet Continue Reading »

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