The Universal Life Church Blog
The Universal Life Church Monastery is the only interfaith ministry worldwide that opens its doors to all who seek to become an ordained minister or wedding officiant. We enable all faiths; Christian, Jew, Mormon, Pagan, Wiccan, Baptists, and Atheists to join our Church. We are a non-denominational congregation of children from the same universe.
December 13th, 2010
Interested in a cheap, inexpensive way to make your wedding ceremony truly original? A growing number of celebrities, from actors to comedians, have been taking requests to perform wedding ceremonies.
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December 10th, 2010
A man in Indiana is appealing a court ruling depriving him of joint custody of his children because he is agnostic. Were his First Amendment rights really violated by blatantly religiously biased government officials?
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December 8th, 2010
A proposed bill filed at the Arkansas state capitol would compel Arkansas public school districts to develop Bible-based curricula in a move many say blatantly violates separation of church and state.
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December 6th, 2010
A recent viral article posits that Thomas Jefferson is not in favor of separation of church and state, as many of us have been led to believe. If we take a look at primary sources, what did Jefferson actually say?
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December 2nd, 2010
According to a recent poll from the PEW Research Center, more Americans than ever before believe that marriage is becoming obsolete - and declining marriage rates back up that point.
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November 22nd, 2010
Ever wondered how to perform a long-distance wedding? One couple who are barred from marrying in their home state have successfully married via the software application Skype.
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November 15th, 2010
Who would want to marry a prisoner? Apparently a lot of people—one minister in the Universal Life Church has found a surprisingly stable market in prison weddings.
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November 12th, 2010
In an attempt to bring traditional Roman Catholic values back to an increasingly progressive Spain, Pope Benedict XVI visited the country’s centuries-old pilgrimage site of Santiago de Compostela.
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November 11th, 2010
In a bid to nurture more understanding for the humanist way of thinking, the Humanist Association of America has launched a new advertising campaign contrasting the shortcomings of religion with the benefits of humanism.
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