Same-sex marriage in California, and more election news
California couples race to marry before Election Day
The Rev. Byrd Tetzlaff, minister of the UU Fellowship of Kern County in Bakersfield, Calif., noticed a major increase in same-sex weddings as couples rushed to marry before Election Day and the Proposition 8 vote, which would outlaw same-sex marriages. (TurnTo23.com - Bakersfield, CA 11.3.08)
Fearing that Proposition 8 would pass, the First UU Society of San Francisco stayed open until the polls closed Tuesday in order to marry any same-sex couples who had a marriage license free of charge. (abc7news.com - San Francisco 11.03.08)
A photo of the First UU Society of San Francisco appears (third down) in a roundup of Election Day photos. (SF Weekly Blogs - San Francisco 11.4.08)
See also: Unitarian Universalists work to preserve gay marriage in California (uuworld.org - 10.20.08)
UUs voice Election Day opinions
The Rev. Marc Fredette of the First UU Parish in Waltham, Mass., explains why he was one of more than 50 clergy members supporting a state initiative decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. (The initiative passed.) (Boston Herald - 11.4.08)
The Rev. Bruce Davis of the Evergreen UU Fellowship in Marysville, Wash., speaks in favor of a state initiative to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people who have less than six months to live. (The initiative passed.) (Lynnwood Enterprise - Lynnwood, WA 11.2.08)
The Rev. Daniel Budd of the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland joins other clergy to weigh in with his thoughts on what effect the election will have on America's changing religious landscape. (The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland, OH 11.3.08)
Also in the media:
Members of Cincinnati's First Unitarian Church choir took the law into their hands when they chased and caught a would-be thief. (WLWT - Cincinnati, OH 11.2.08)
As the Tennessee Valley UU Church prepared for its third annual "Walk for Nonviolence," 25 Knoxville-area churches and community groups declared 2009 a Year of Nonviolence in East Tennessee. (WBIR-TV - Knoxville, TN 11.1.08)
Dave Dierdorff, board chairman of the Juneau UU Fellowship, writes about the importance of churches in these troubled times. (Juneau Empire - Juneau, AK 10.31.08)
A quote from the Rev. Forrest Church, author and minister of public theology at All Souls Church in New York City, is the Dallas Morning News' Quote of the Day. (Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX 11.3.08)
The Rev. Byrd Tetzlaff, minister of the UU Fellowship of Kern County in Bakersfield, Calif., noticed a major increase in same-sex weddings as couples rushed to marry before Election Day and the Proposition 8 vote, which would outlaw same-sex marriages. (TurnTo23.com - Bakersfield, CA 11.3.08)
Fearing that Proposition 8 would pass, the First UU Society of San Francisco stayed open until the polls closed Tuesday in order to marry any same-sex couples who had a marriage license free of charge. (abc7news.com - San Francisco 11.03.08)
A photo of the First UU Society of San Francisco appears (third down) in a roundup of Election Day photos. (SF Weekly Blogs - San Francisco 11.4.08)
See also: Unitarian Universalists work to preserve gay marriage in California (uuworld.org - 10.20.08)
UUs voice Election Day opinions
The Rev. Marc Fredette of the First UU Parish in Waltham, Mass., explains why he was one of more than 50 clergy members supporting a state initiative decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. (The initiative passed.) (Boston Herald - 11.4.08)
The Rev. Bruce Davis of the Evergreen UU Fellowship in Marysville, Wash., speaks in favor of a state initiative to legalize physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people who have less than six months to live. (The initiative passed.) (Lynnwood Enterprise - Lynnwood, WA 11.2.08)
The Rev. Daniel Budd of the First Unitarian Church of Cleveland joins other clergy to weigh in with his thoughts on what effect the election will have on America's changing religious landscape. (The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland, OH 11.3.08)
Also in the media:
Members of Cincinnati's First Unitarian Church choir took the law into their hands when they chased and caught a would-be thief. (WLWT - Cincinnati, OH 11.2.08)
As the Tennessee Valley UU Church prepared for its third annual "Walk for Nonviolence," 25 Knoxville-area churches and community groups declared 2009 a Year of Nonviolence in East Tennessee. (WBIR-TV - Knoxville, TN 11.1.08)
Dave Dierdorff, board chairman of the Juneau UU Fellowship, writes about the importance of churches in these troubled times. (Juneau Empire - Juneau, AK 10.31.08)
A quote from the Rev. Forrest Church, author and minister of public theology at All Souls Church in New York City, is the Dallas Morning News' Quote of the Day. (Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX 11.3.08)
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