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Continued Collision Between Religious Freedom and Marriage Equality

January 5th, 2016

2015 was a year of monumental change. One of the biggest shifts we saw was the Supreme Court’s legalization of same-sex marriage, making it legal to get married in all 50 states. This changed things for gay couples who had waited for so long for their state Continue Reading »

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Homophobic Hate Leads to Death of Swedish Man

December 31st, 2015

Discrimination is nothing new. People can be discriminated against because of their race, gender, age, religion, or sexual orientation. It can be a very difficult thing to deal with discrimination from someone simply because of who you are. Unfortunately, t Continue Reading »

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Two Iraqi Refugees' Fight for Universal Right to Love

October 23rd, 2015

Former Iraqi translator and artist Nayeff Hrebid made local news in Seattle, Washington when he escaped his home country in 2009 and became a United States citizen. Continue Reading »

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What's Next For Kim Davis?

September 9th, 2015

Many same sex couples nationwide are finally enjoying the perks that come with being married after the Supreme Court struck down state bans against it. However, there have been some bumps on the road. Continue Reading »

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The New Normal: Marriage Equality is an International Right

June 2nd, 2015

Very soon, the Supreme Court of the United States will make decisions about several landmark cases concerning same-sex marriage, and the world awaits to see how they will vote. Continue Reading »

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Undermining Traditional Marriage

May 5th, 2015

Is same-sex marriage part of a redefinition of an age old institution? That’s an easy one: yes. Gays and their allies should just give up trying to combat that charge. Continue Reading »

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Religious Freedom Laws and the New Battle For Equality

March 30th, 2015

Today, a majority of states in the U.S. have marriage equality, but in some states it's getting harder for LGBT people to go about their lives. In a growing number of places around the country, businesses run by people who morally object to homosexuality are a Continue Reading »

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How the Faithful Can Help End Transgender Suicide

January 5th, 2015

How do we respond when a teenager kills herself because her family refused to accept the gender she identified as? Denying the fundamental truth of who these young people are could be driving suicides. Continue Reading »

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God Made Gays

November 10th, 2014

Vatican City, Vatican – This month, Pope Francis recently sent tremors through the Catholic Church. Bishops and other religious leaders gathered to discuss issues concerning families at the Synod. Though in the end, hardly any official doctrine was changed, Continue Reading »

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Remembering Reverend Joan Rivers

September 5th, 2014

On the afternoon of September 4, 2014, we lost one of our most cherished Universal Life Church ministers, Joan Rivers. Joan passed away, at the age of 81, from complications encountered during vocal cord surgery. Continue Reading »

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The Universal Life Church Ministries proudly welcomes all who feel called to get ordained, regardless of creed. We enable all faiths; Christian, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Pagan, Wiccan, Atheist – and more – to join our growing non-denominational congregation. Underlying everything we do is a simple core belief: that we are all children of the same universe.