Gay Marriage Goes to the Supreme Court. Announcing the acceptance of four appeals that relate to issues of same-sex marriage in America, the U.S. Supreme Court takes the first step toward addressing directly one of the hottest political questions of the past decade…
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Hate Crimes
According to the FBI website, hate is not crime. However, when someone commits a criminal offense that is motivated by bias against religion, race, ethnicity, or sexual orientation, it becomes a hate crime. The FBI recently released its annual report …
Religious Beliefs
The face of religion is changing. The Pew Research Center, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank based in Washington D.C., recently offered formal projections based on six years of research and data from censuses and population registers from around…
As interfaith ministers who are ordained in the Universal Life Church, we need to be aware that views on the Bible are changing.
The American Bible Society conducted a recent “State of the Bible” poll and found that the number of people self-reporting a…
A Louisiana district court judge is expected to rule on the constitutionality of the state’s controversial school voucher program. The program is intended to provide higher-quality education for poor and disadvantaged students from troubled public schools, bu…
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The attack in Libya was a sad and tragic turn of events propelled by a poorly-executed and deeply offensive anti-Muslim video that was posted on YouTube by amateur video producers. On Tuesday, September 12th, an enraged mob attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, …
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The Green Lantern is a well-known character and provides via re-imagining an opportunity to influence public perception of Islam
DC Comics has re-imagined several of its popular super heroes with a line of comics called “The New 52”. They have new histo…
America has a unique history with religion in that it was established by people looking to practice their religion by escaping a government-sponsored religion
In this race for the office of President of the United States, both candidates have been having some issue…
Being ordained in a more "traditional" church than the ULC doesn't by any means guarantee a certain quality of character; ULC ministers and other clergy are equal under the law
Monsignor William Lynn, a high-ranking Roman Catholic official who was in …