Ian | September 23, 2010
Last week I painted the world, and that weekend I attended the Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade 2010. This parade, the largest in Texas, has been held for the last twenty-seven years, and is Dallas’s annual gay pride parade. This year, as in others, NTAUUS (the North Texas Association of Unitarian Universalist Societies) had a [...]
Scott Grey | September 13, 2010
Calling for unity, religious leaders of many faiths gathered at the Majid Al Islam in downtown Dallas on the anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks. The ministers, including our own Rev. Mark Walz, met Saturday at Dallas’ oldest mosque by invitation of the Muslim Community Center and the Dallas Peace Center. Diane Jennings of The [...]
Scott Grey | June 2, 2010
Sunday, June 6th, 2010 10:00am Thandeka will take the pulpit at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Oak Cliff on June 6th and will join us for our after service discussion. In addition to teaching at Meadville Lombard Theological School, Thandeka is President of the Center for Community Values (www.the-ccv.org), and an affiliated minister at the [...]
Dee Stofko | February 8, 2010
Send Clemency appeals arriving no later than February 17th to: Clemency Section, Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, 8610 Shoal Creek Blvd., Austin, TX 78757-6814 Attention: Henry “Hank” Skinner Case – #999143. Watch/Read: http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/jan/29/case-open/ http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/jan/28/dead-man-balking/ Please help by sending appeal letters. I believe this man is innocent!
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 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 [...]
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