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Catholics Challenge Vatican Ban on Women Priests

August 3rd, 2011

For centuries, the Roman Catholic Church has reserved the priesthood for celibate heterosexual males (ironic, perhaps, since they are celibate anyway), but now hundreds of Roman Catholic priests from around the globe are challenging the ban on ordaining women Continue Reading »

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Lady Gaga to Become ULC Minister?

July 29th, 2011

Last year on the ULC Monastery blog we posted a story about Lady Gaga’s plan to become ordained as a minister, but it was unclear which church she intended to join. Now there is a suggestion that the pop singer might get ordained in the Universal Life Church Continue Reading »

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ULC Ministers Lend a Hand in New York Weddings

July 27th, 2011

As they exult in the recent passage of marriage equality in New York state, supporters of same-sex marriage still have many questions about how to perform a legal wedding ceremony for the upsurge in newly engaged couples. Filling the vacuum of much sought-afte Continue Reading »

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Chaz Bono and Ann Coulter Discuss God and Psychiatry

July 19th, 2011

On a recent episode of the HBO talk show Real Time with Bill Maher, the issue of religious faith and health-care happened to come up, providing an important question to contemplate. The debate centered on conservative commentator Ann Coulter’s statement that Continue Reading »

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The Universal Life Church Monastery supports the gay community

July 1st, 2011

“We are all children of the same universe.” Equal marriage rights in the eyes of state and federal law are not granted to a significant portion of America’s population. This denial of rights is no less than discrimination against a minority group. Gay Continue Reading »

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New York State Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

June 25th, 2011

In a decision that passed 33-29, New York State has legalized same-sex marriage. New York is now the sixth state to allow gay marriage and is, and with a population of nearly 19 million, the largest of its kind. The New York Democratic assembly is expected to Continue Reading »

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What Young People Think about Abortion and Gay Marriage

June 17th, 2011

According to a recent survey by the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), young Americans are not more supportive of abortion than their parents, but they are more supportive of same-sex marriage. Thus, conclude the authors, while abortion remains a part Continue Reading »

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