Cross Street Unitarian Chapel leads the way

The Cross Street Unitarian Chapel in Manchester (UK) is the first religious building in England and Wales to be granted a license to perform religious civil partnership ceremonies. (BBC – 3.9.12, Guardian – 3.10.12, Pink News – 3.12.12)

(See also, “Quakers, Liberal Judaism and Unitarians welcome gay marriage consultation,” Pink Paper – 3.15.12, and “Religious groups welcome consultation on allowing gays to marry,” Pink News – 3.15.12)

Civil Rights leadership recalled

The Rev. Gordon Gibson appears in a profile of the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. (The New York Times – 3.14.12)

The Rev. James Reeb is remembered as part of the history of voting rights in an essay advocating against registrictive voter identification laws. (Huffington Post – 3.9.12)

Interfaith efforts, Human Rights, and other UUs in the media

The Unitarian Universalist Church in Muncie, Indiana, hosted more than 100 people for an interfaith event on March 4. (The Star-Press – 3.15.12)

The Rev. Suzelle Lynch of the Unitarian Universalist Church West in Brookfield, Wisconsin, spoke in support of the construction of a local mosque and community center. (Journal Sentinel – 3.13.12)

Paul Revere was not only a silversmith, he also cast bells, including the one used by the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Canton, Massachusetts. (Canton Citizen – 3.15.12)

The 333 Coffeehouse at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, Maryland, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. (The Capital/Hometown Annapolis – 3.11.12)

The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta, Ohio, hosted winter gardening classes and a seed exchange. (The Marietta Times – 3.16.12)

Members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant are behind an effort to draft and pass a Human Rights ordinance. (The Morning Sun – 3.14.12)