Initial press coverage of Morales's victory

The Salt Lake Tribune and Denver Post each report on the election of the Rev. Peter Morales as UUA president. The UUA General Assembly, where Morales was elected, is being held in Salt Lake City; Morales has been serving as senior minister of Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden, Colo.

UUA elects Colorado pastor as president (Salt Lake Tribune, 6.27.09)

Unitarians elect golden [sic] pastor to presidency (Denver Post, 6.28.09)

Local media coverage of UUA General Assembly

Both daily newspapers in Salt Lake City published articles today about yesterday's interfaith rally for immigrant families sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association. Both papers quoted the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and Unitarian Universalist leaders who spoke at the rally. The Mormon Church-owned Deseret News, however, did not mention Larry Love, the Mormon congregational leader who described the arrest and pending deportation of his Guatemalan wife.

Interfaith rally points to spiritual side of immigration debate (Salt Lake Tribune 6.27.09)

Religious groups show support for immigrants (Deseret News 6.27.09)

KSL-TV reported, meanwhile, on the thunderstorm that ripped the UUA's banner from the front entry tower of the Salt Palace convention center: Northern Utah hit by quick-moving thunderstorm (KSL-TV 6.26.09).

Sinkford: UUA picked relationship over boycott

UUA President William G. Sinkford explains to the Salt Lake Tribune why the Unitarian Universalist Association did not boycott Utah after Proposition 8 passed in California with the help of many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which is headquartered in Salt Lake City. The UUA is holding its General Assembly in Salt Lake next week. "I'm a strong believer that you can only work for change when you are in relationship," Sinkford tells the paper, which characterizes his eight-year presidency like this:

Sinkford, the first black president of the association, has made it his goal to have Unitarian Universalists engage more with other faiths and nonreligious organizations, to have a higher profile on the important social-justice issues.

A short sidebar provides basic facts about Unitarian Universalism and highlights GA events open to the public. ("Relationships Define Outgoing Unitarian Universalist President's Tenure," Kristen Moulton, Salt Lake Tribune 6.18.09; "Fast Facts about the UUA," 6.18.09)