Protest Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
December 21st, 2023
The environmental protest group Just Stop Oil has quickly earned a reputation for using in-your-face tactics to draw attention to climate change issues. See how faith leaders are responding to (and joining) their cause.
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November 20th, 2023
In the summer of 2020, a controversial statue of Spanish missionary Junipero Serra was torn down by Native American activists. Now that statue's been replaced with one of Native American hero William J. Franklin Sr.
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April 24th, 2023
Transgender activist, TikTok star, and Bud Light fan Dylan Mulvaney recently explained her relationship with God, saying that God didn't make a mistake with her or her gender identity.
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August 10th, 2022
The Jamestown Township community in Michigan just voted to basically defund the local Patmos Library, after the board refused to cater to religious interests and remove books with LGBTQ themes from library shelves.
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May 12th, 2022
When it comes to protesting, where's the line? Over Mother's Day weekend, pro-choice advocates nationwide interrupted Catholic services in protest of the Church's pro-life stance. Fair game or too far?
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October 5th, 2021
Where's the line between protesting an organization, and harassing them? A Spokane judge put a permanent injunction on a local church group, arguing that their protests of Planned Parenthood were too disruptive.
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July 14th, 2021
The owners of Arkansas’s largest statue of Jesus woke up to a shocking surprise: a 44-foot banner reading “God Bless Abortions” had been hung across it, from arm to arm. Here's the story behind the message.
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January 12th, 2021
Faith leaders are grappling with and speaking out against the abundant Christian nationalism on display at the violent assault at the US Capitol on January 6th that left five people, including one Capitol officer, dead.
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October 9th, 2020
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is putting new lockdown restrictions in place to combat the spread of COVID-19, but some Orthodox Jewish communities say they're being unfairly targeted during the NYC crackdown.
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