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March 28th, 2011
A new study suggests that religion will eventually become extinct because it is becoming less useful to people. The extinction of religion, the study shows, may already be underway in Europe and Canada, and may even be accelerating. Even in the absence of reli
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March 25th, 2011
When there are research papers to write and final exams to study for, who has time to perform a wedding ceremony? Apparently, a substantial number of people do. Students have shown an increasingly high profile in the ranks of ULC Monastery ministers. This is d
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March 24th, 2011
A secular foundation which supports separation of church and state is suing Jan Brewer, governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, for proclaiming a day of prayer on the grounds that it violates Constitution.
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March 21st, 2011
Joining the ranks of nondenominational ULC celebrity ministers such as David Byrne, Kathy Griffin, and Jeff Probst is Mike Nesmith, former guitarist-singer of the 1960s pop group The Monkees. Nesmith recently decided to get ordained online in the ULC in order
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March 16th, 2011
Yet another attempt at injecting prayer into public schools has been challenged, this time in Baltimore, and the president of the city principals’ union has defended the prayer services.
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March 14th, 2011
What comes to mind when you think “wedding”? You probably see images of women in white dresses, men in black tuxedoes, and matching bridesmaids and groomsmen. But weddings can come in all shapes and sizes.
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March 8th, 2011
We often hear religious people complain about religious oppression if same-sex marriage becomes legal in their community, but what of religious oppression when it is banned? As the U.S. state of Maryland’s General Assembly was mulling legalizing same-sex mar
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March 7th, 2011
The New York State Assembly—the lower house of the New York State Legislature—is being presented with a bill that would change the domestic relations law so as to permit Universal Life Church ministers to solemnize weddings in New York State. The purpose o
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March 3rd, 2011
In the acclaimed HBO series Big Love, one of the characters has a thing or two to say about free ordination online, and it wasn't so flattering. But online ordination is not so different from traditional ordination.
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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.