Melissa Bartell | January 31, 2010
Meet the staff of the UU United Nations Office * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WHEN: Wednesday, February 3 7:00 p.m. WHERE: UU Church of Oak Cliff 3839 W. Kiest Who are the Speakers? Bruce F. Knotts, Executive Director Rev. Patricia Ackerman, LGBT/SOGI Human [...]
Melissa Bartell | January 31, 2010
The broadcast networks that air the Super Bowl have historically rejected advocacy ads. Yet CBS, which is airing the Super Bowl this year, has accepted an anti-choice ad by the ultra-conservative group Focus on the Family. Focus on the Family’s “celebrate life” (read: anti-choice) ad features Heisman Trophy-winning college football star Tim Tebow. And CBS [...]
Melissa Bartell | January 29, 2010
We have learned of Rev. Meyer’s last wishes: “Suzanne asked that her friends send donations to the Cheyenne church, her final tour of duty, because the fellowship supported her tirelessly with food, rides, companionship, animal care, hand-holding, and love during her final months. Though she had served them relatively briefly, this church stepped up with [...]
Melissa Bartell | January 27, 2010
Crystal City 1969 was an inspiring play about the student walkout of Crystal City High School in 1969. In the play, just a few students (three of them) were able to organize and have the courage to maintain the walkout to gain equal rights and opportunities for 85% of the population of the city. The [...]
Melissa Bartell | January 22, 2010
So, for the record, I am an anti-abortion, pro-choice UU. What?? Yes. I would be happiest if there were never any more abortions. That would mean that every fetus is healthy, and every baby is wanted. Ideally, planned for as well, but certainly wanted. For all the right reasons. By a loving family (and family [...]
Melissa Bartell | January 22, 2010
There are many things in this life I have never experienced. I pride myself in being fairly open minded and willing to experiment. I think it gives me a greater appreciation for seeing the world through another person’s eyes. It makes me well rounded; more so than you might say if you met me in [...]
Melissa Bartell | January 22, 2010
I was born in 1970, which makes me three years older than Roe v. Wade. It also means that I grew up in a world where safe, legal abortion was a fact of life…or so I thought. When I was eighteen and nineteen and living in San Jose, Operation Rescue, the militant anti-choice group, targeted [...]
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