People of Faith, Standing on the Side of Love

[starmaiden26]

This is a beautiful song. Says everything right about being a UU! Proud to be a UU and Gay!

[markgg1]

this song is well annoying

But go Gay rights!

[sarah9miller]

We do not want government in control of marriage. We need to start treating each other as humans. Government free marriage is the pathway to equality. Government should have no control over religion or marriage. Leave marriage to the religions or to the people to freely contract with one another.

[rstravis1]

My UU Church (UU Church of SE Arizona) will be holding "Coming Out Sunday" on 10/17 to proclaim publicly that we are now officially recognized as a Welcoming Congregation. Our choir will be singing this and I am so excited and thankful to be a member of a loving church community!

[KayToh69]

I wonder who sings this. She has a really nice voice (I know it's written by Jason Shelton, but I wanna know who's actually singing this version).

[iuudou2]

@KayToh69

Hi Kay: One of the attributes of UU music is the practice of equality in that we don't publicize individual names in a choir. Just thought you''d like to know

[Oodlesxofxnoodles]

My church sang this last Sunday at our GLBTQ Service and they could hear us out in the parking lot. I love this song, I love this faith and I love these people :)

[LovePeaceAndPurple]

omg at 0:50 i think that's my church!!!! i remember the celebration we had when we put the banner up!!!

:D

[annabellawood]

Wow! this is really good. Brought me to tears. It is sooooo about time that people of faith, I mean REAL faith, stand up as a group and proclaim their understanding of what love is. It is colorful, filled with variety and found where any two or more people respect each other. Well done.

[pop0it0rocket]

Wonderful! I so appreciate the video

[rainbowheartgirl]

Cool video! I'm UU, also.

[WordsofHarmony]

I stay from using Religious and Religion...just because of the negative history...however, this church I think has the best philosophy of all other churches

[ErisRising]

We like you, too!

[dooferbrains]

That really makes my day seeing that... besides what Mariah does in terms of Gosphel I really enjoy this!

[frannythescorpian]

this is absolutely beautiful. thank you so much

[prayingforequality]

Lovely!

[Claudia7778]

Glad to see this video. Change will have to happen from within, with modern churches like this challenging conventional edicts.

[brettldsk]

uu's stand strong

[quisqueyatv]

UU is awesome! i love to see this movement going ahead 5 starzzz :))))))))

[jereuter01]

UUs have it right, "Standing on the Side of Love."

[borebox]

I am proud to be a member of an all accepting fellowship-you go UU"s!

[Freeasabird17]

Yes you can. Christ was his own man; He broke the rules (like associating with prostitutes) in spite of what the majority had to say about it.He preached tolerance and love.

[amishfreedomrocker]

To StoogeWatcher: Yes we can, and yes we do.

If there is a problem between the two, perhaps the definition you choose for "Christian" needs to be looked into.

[jinglesmar]

I am proud to be a UU!!

[carolsim1]

I grew up in the Unitarian Church during the repressive 1950's. I'm proud to say that I am a UU activist today. This video is one of the reasons why.

[john9ten]

Our sanctuary was filled to overflowing on Sept. 6 when my partner of 16+ years and I LEGALLY married at the UU church in Santa Paula, CA. People are STILL telling us it was (one of) the best weddings they ever attended. We felt and feel so much love from our congregation - it is humbling. And we know it will again be legal for all folks to marry in California and in the rest of the country. Love and peace.

[StoogeWatcher]

You cannot be Christian and support same-sex marriage.

[abqdan]

You clearly haven't read the New Testament, which is the basis of Christianity. If you are relying on Leviticus, which Jesus set aside as the 'old law', then you are more Jewish than Christian.

Remember the Old testament also supports slavery, marrying your dead brother's widow, and even forbids haircuts and cheese-burgers (yes, really!).

[Rychardepowell]

StoogeWatcher you must not be a true Christian for not loving

your brother and sister. Jesus said do on to others that you would have done on to you. The prophet Jesus affirm Love,

Dignity & Freedom & Equality for all & as a U.U. you do not have to be a Christian to love God or to fight for human rights.

God is Love! In all religions God's Love is the most important thing in life & to have love and justice for your brothers & sister on earth. like Jesus said love your brother as yourself.

[thexalon]

So what?

UU's have faith, but the question of the teachings of Jesus vs Moses, or the existence and nature of God, while interesting and worth discussing, isn't half as important to them as how they've agreed to treat people who want to be with those they love.

Oh, and a lot of UU's wouldn't consider themselves Christian. Some are, some aren't, some dabble.

[abraatyou]

It makes me proud to be a Unitarian Universalist.

[AspiringAdventurer]

UU now and forever!!

[lordlnyc]

That's Beautiful, Just beautiful!

[pops4peace]

Proud UU...Standing on the Side of Love.

Civil Marraige is a Civil Right...Separate is never equal

[42FleshFailures]

I love my church.

[knittinfool82]

I am proud to say that my church was featured in a few of the photos and I attended one of the weddings featured as well. I'm proud to be a UU. The fight continues on and I'll be there to fight along side my gay, lesbian, bi, transgendered and queer brothers and sisters!

[ladiedreamweaver]

I am so Proud to be a UU!

[CougarsRock]

Great video. I love being a UU!

[partlycloudyholiday]

Beautiful.

[dvitauu]

WOW! Inspiring, uplifting, the music ROCKS! I love it. We could use more videos like this one. Thank you UUA.

[heynow077]

love the message, but the singer of the song is hard to continue to listen to on the ears

[dzdncnf]

Governments should not be making law in matters of religion. The state should grant only licenses for civil unions, regardless of gender. Marriage is a religious institution, and churches should be able to marry whomever they please, or not. I'm proud to be a Unitarian Universalist.

[Klytemnest]

I disagree. Marriage is not a religious institution. It has been highjacked by religion, but it has always been a legal contract between certain parties. The religious ceremony may have certain emotional significance to the couple or to the community, but it does not make marriage a religious institution.

[floridaredhead]

"Marriage is a religious institution,"

No it isn't and it never has been. It's a completely secular human creation, and by definition the word "marriage" never had anything to do with a religious ceremony.

[choirboy7089]

Props to Jeannie Gagné for the vocal solo!

[mollykylab]

So many people do stand on the side of love. We'll get there, working together, holding each other up along the way. Thanks for an inspiring video!

[janernewman]

Very impressive, great music!! Thanks for your support of GLBT issues for all these years.

[jaredmuskie]

One more reason I am very proud to be a Unitarian Universalist! We, along with the liberal Episcopalians and the United Church of Christ, are indeed "standing on the side of love"!

[epondillo]

Excellent video and we have linked it to our Unitarian Fellowship web site. So very proud to be a part of a group that includes, rather than excludes.

[shava23]

Civil marriage is a civil right. I am so proud of my UU sisters and brothers!

[Lindabalin]

Like Dionne sings "What the world needs now is love!!"

[mclean04]

Proud to be UU standing on the side of love.

[Kheldana]

"Their marriage does not threaten our marriage"

That says it all, really.

[uuchristine]

Thanks for a beautiful video. Get out your hankies (happy tears) and your Pep Rally signs!

[tessabianca]

With all the hate in the world today, it's so wonderful to be part of a faith that is dedicated to Love in it's many forms :)

[msholmes]

Go UUs! We'll get there some day!

[curiousted]

Amen. Let the People marry-regardless of sexual orientation.