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Coronavirus Cancelled My Wedding – Can I Get Married Online?

March 30th, 2020

Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, brides, grooms, and ministers alike are scrambling for alternative options. Can you bypass coronavirus restrictions by getting married online or performing weddings via the internet? Continue Reading »

Posted in: Weddings | 21 Comments »

Paul McCartney Marries Couple Onstage

August 29th, 2014

It was almost certainly the highlight of the young couple’s life. There was Paul McCartney, former member of the Beatles, smirking at them from the stage as they held up a sign asking him to marry them. With most big-name artists, such a request would have b Continue Reading »

Posted in: Celebrity Ministers | 6 Comments »

Texas’s Assault on Abortion and Reproductive Health Services

July 23rd, 2013

In a continuing effort to make abortion services harder to obtain, legislators in the U.S. state of Texas have filed a bill to ban abortion as early as six weeks after conception. To the chagrin of pro-choice activists, the proposed bill was also filed the sam Continue Reading »

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Soap Star Performs a Wedding as ULC Minister

August 27th, 2012

soap opera star Colleen Zenk, known for her role as Barbara Ryan in As The World Turns, officiated the wedding for a pair soap opera fans in iconic Times Square in New York City. Continue Reading »

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How ULC Ministers Can Fight the Obesity Epidemic

July 3rd, 2012

The obesity epidemic in the United States is something we've been following closely here on the ULC Monastery blog. Here's how you, as a ULC minister, can help fight it. Continue Reading »

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Why Should Church and State Be Kept Separate?

November 16th, 2011

By now many of us are familiar with the right-wing argument that religion and government are inextricably intertwined, that the two have always mixed and can never be completely separated. Continue Reading »

Posted in: Science & Technology, Political & Religious Controversy, Progressive Spirituality | 1 Comment »