Same-sex marriage fight progresses in Washington State
With Washington State on the road to legalizing same-sex marriage, newspapers there have begun to focus on religious responses to the news. The Bellingham Herald looks at local congregations that support marriage equality, including the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship. George Stratton, of the Olympic UU Fellowship on the peninsula, is interviewed in an article about which Sequim-area churches will host and conduct same-sex marriage ceremonies. And a group of more than 40 people gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island in Freeland, Wash., to celebrate Gov. Chris Gregoire’s signing of the same-sex marriage bill into law. (The Bellingham Herald – 2.11.12, Sequim Gazette – 2.15.12, South Whidbey Record – 2.14.12)
Unitarian Universalist Association President Peter Morales and the Rev. Linda Olson Peebles, minister of the UU Church of Arlington, Va., were both quoted in a story about the fight to legalize same-sex marriage in Virginia. (Sun Gazette – 2.15.12)
About 90 people participated in the fourth annual “Heart in the Park” marriage equality public witness event put on by Emerson UU Congregation in Marietta, Ga. (Marietta Daily Journal – 2.14.12)
Following a Valentine’s Day PFLAG equality march, John Sutterby of the All Souls UU Church in Brownsville, Tex., performed three same-sex weddings, despite same-sex marriages not being legally recognized in Texas. (Brownsville Herald – 2.11.12)
A marriage survives a gender change, and more
Diane Daniel, a member of the Eno River UU Fellowship in Durham, N.C., writes about the challenges to her marriage as her husband underwent a gender change. (News & Observer – 2.12.12)
The Rev. Tom Capo, minister of the People’s Church Unitarian Universalist in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, explains how and why the congregation will share an entire service via Twitter, 140 characters at a time. (The Gazette – 2.11.12)
In May, the Rev. Scott W. Alexander, minister of the UU Fellowship of Vero Beach, Fla., will begin a month-long bicycle ride across America to raise money to fight hunger. (TCPalm – 2.14.12)
Mosaic Harmony, a multicultural interfaith choir founded by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Fairfax in Oakton, Va., celebrates Black History Month. (Virginia Connection Newspapers – 2.15.12)
Ann and Kumy Thariani, who attend Second Unitarian Church of Omaha, Nebr., are part of an interfaith panel on “Having Healthy Relations in Multifaith and Interfaith Families.” (Omaha World-Herald – 2.15.12)
