Newly elected President of the Unitarian Universalist Association speaks about what standing on the side of love means to him. He invites all to join him on the side of love
As they say, it takes two to tango, or indeed tussle, or indeed "splatter". . .
I am perfectly aware of the fact the slogan "Standing On The Side Of Love" was originally used to promote marriage equality, but the fact of the matter is that the UUA's "Standing On The Side Of Love" campaign has significantly broadened the scope of that slogan. At least in theory. . . The SSL campaign is now ostensibly for *anyone* who has been demonized and marginalized.
"The official stance of the UUA is for the legalization of same-sex marriage "Standing on the Side of Love." In 2004 UU Minister Rev. Debra Haffner of The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing published An Open Letter on Religious Leaders on Marriage Equality to affirm same-sex marriage from a multi-faith perspective."
there. in black and white. now can we take this peacefully to a heart to heart in our YouTube mails? we've splattered this tussle all across the page.
This video is by no means only about gays, lesbians and bisexuals AspiringAdventurer as a free and *responsible* search for its truth and meaning will tell you. In fact, believe it or not, President Peter Morales does not even mention LGBT people at all. . . This video is about the fact that "it is simply WRONG to demonize or marginalize *anyone*". Intolerant and abusive U*Us have been demonizing and marginalizing me for well over 13 years now. I deserve dignity as much as anyone else don't I?
sorry for taking a while in getting back, it's easy to get sidetracked from a YouTube video.
as i was saying, of course this is irrelevant. this video is about gays, lesbians and bisexuals. i'd much rather save this video and the people it relates to the dignity it deserves.
is it such a bad thing to take this to a heart to heart discussion? and i really do want to learn from you-and visa versa! from my side of it, you seem so full of anger and i hope there's something i can say to help.
There is nothing "irrelevant" with what I have posted here Aspiring Adventurer. Unitarian*Universalists talk about "standing on the side of love" for victims of oppression and marginalization of various kinds but abjectly fail and obstinately refuse to "stand on the side of love" for victims of U*U clergy misconduct and other acts of oppression and marginalization committed by Unitarian*Universalists themselves.
My comments are relevant to the video itself and your follow-up comments here.
To use your own words Aspiring Adventurer the UUA, its very aptly named Ministerial Fellowship Committee, the Board and congregation of the Unitarian Church of Montreal, and no shortage of individual U*Us including *way* too many U*U ministers, have repeatedly proven that they do not understand that discriminatory and derogatory comments like "cult" and "psychotic" etc. etc. are wrong.
Why do you suppose that one of my picket sign slogans says -
Individual U*U "churches" can be and are atheist dominated and *that* is what I was clearly talking about AA. Also, the UUA and/or CUC administrations could be dominated by the atheist faction of U*Us. I have very reasonable grounds to believe that Canadian U*U "churches" are largely atheistic.
There is incontrovertible documentary evidence proving that the UUA dismissed my complaints about Rev. Ray Drennan's anti-religious intolerance and bigotry and even effectively endorsed it.
The key word here being *we* AA. :-)
As they say, it takes two to tango, or indeed tussle, or indeed "splatter". . .
I am perfectly aware of the fact the slogan "Standing On The Side Of Love" was originally used to promote marriage equality, but the fact of the matter is that the UUA's "Standing On The Side Of Love" campaign has significantly broadened the scope of that slogan. At least in theory. . . The SSL campaign is now ostensibly for *anyone* who has been demonized and marginalized.
RobinEdgar 2 years ago
"The official stance of the UUA is for the legalization of same-sex marriage "Standing on the Side of Love." In 2004 UU Minister Rev. Debra Haffner of The Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing published An Open Letter on Religious Leaders on Marriage Equality to affirm same-sex marriage from a multi-faith perspective."
there. in black and white. now can we take this peacefully to a heart to heart in our YouTube mails? we've splattered this tussle all across the page.
AspiringAdventurer 2 years ago
Fine. Contact me privately by email then, or comment on The Emerson Avenger blog. You will find my email address provided in its comment form.
RobinEdgar 2 years ago
This video is by no means only about gays, lesbians and bisexuals AspiringAdventurer as a free and *responsible* search for its truth and meaning will tell you. In fact, believe it or not, President Peter Morales does not even mention LGBT people at all. . . This video is about the fact that "it is simply WRONG to demonize or marginalize *anyone*". Intolerant and abusive U*Us have been demonizing and marginalizing me for well over 13 years now. I deserve dignity as much as anyone else don't I?
RobinEdgar 2 years ago
@AspiringAdventurer plus, i hate replying to deep discussions in the comments section. YouTube has such a horrible replying system! 8|
AspiringAdventurer 2 years ago
sorry for taking a while in getting back, it's easy to get sidetracked from a YouTube video.
as i was saying, of course this is irrelevant. this video is about gays, lesbians and bisexuals. i'd much rather save this video and the people it relates to the dignity it deserves.
is it such a bad thing to take this to a heart to heart discussion? and i really do want to learn from you-and visa versa! from my side of it, you seem so full of anger and i hope there's something i can say to help.
AspiringAdventurer 2 years ago
There is nothing "irrelevant" with what I have posted here Aspiring Adventurer. Unitarian*Universalists talk about "standing on the side of love" for victims of oppression and marginalization of various kinds but abjectly fail and obstinately refuse to "stand on the side of love" for victims of U*U clergy misconduct and other acts of oppression and marginalization committed by Unitarian*Universalists themselves.
My comments are relevant to the video itself and your follow-up comments here.
RobinEdgar 2 years ago
let's take this to YouTube mail. there no reason to pollute this video with irrelevant arguments.
AspiringAdventurer 2 years ago
To use your own words Aspiring Adventurer the UUA, its very aptly named Ministerial Fellowship Committee, the Board and congregation of the Unitarian Church of Montreal, and no shortage of individual U*Us including *way* too many U*U ministers, have repeatedly proven that they do not understand that discriminatory and derogatory comments like "cult" and "psychotic" etc. etc. are wrong.
Why do you suppose that one of my picket sign slogans says -
CULT IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
See my videos
RobinEdgar 2 years ago
Individual U*U "churches" can be and are atheist dominated and *that* is what I was clearly talking about AA. Also, the UUA and/or CUC administrations could be dominated by the atheist faction of U*Us. I have very reasonable grounds to believe that Canadian U*U "churches" are largely atheistic.
There is incontrovertible documentary evidence proving that the UUA dismissed my complaints about Rev. Ray Drennan's anti-religious intolerance and bigotry and even effectively endorsed it.
RobinEdgar 2 years ago