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Status of ULC Ordinations in the State of Tennessee

September 25th, 2012

The ULC Monastery staff has learned that the Tennessee Attorney General has forbidden county clerks in that state from banning Universal Life Church ministers from performing wedding ceremonies there.

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Baltimore Football Player Deserves ULC Monastery's Support

September 10th, 2012

A member of the Maryland House of Delegates has censured a Baltimore sports team for allowing one of its players to voice his support for marriage equality.

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ULC Pastors Should Support Free Speech

August 31st, 2012

In a bold challenge to free speech, an American atheist organization was forced to remove two billboards in the U.S. city of Charlotte, North Carolina after being inundated with threats to staff members and volunteers.

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The Universal Life Church Monastery Supports The Nationwide Legalization of Medical Marijuana

August 30th, 2012

Ray Merriweather has been suffering from multiple sclerosis since 2001. This inflammatory disease, which has no cure or effective treatment, afflicts Merriweather with lesions on his spinal cord and brain.

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Baptist Minister Decries Religious School Vouchers

August 14th, 2012

Louisiana mayor Bobby Jindal's religious school voucher program is experiencing opposition from what might be seen as an unlikely source: a Baptist preacher in Monroe, Louisiana named Rev. C. Welton Gaddy.

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The ULC Extends Its Sympathy to the Sikh Community

August 10th, 2012

Gun violence seems to be reaching epidemic proportions in the United States. On Sunday, 5 August, a man shot to death six people at the Wisconsin Sikh Temple, just weeks after the Colorado cinema gun massacre.

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ULC Minister Denied "Goddess Temple" Permit

August 3rd, 2012

After an arduous legal battle, a Universal Life Church minister has been denied a permit for a "Goddess Temple" on property he owns in Chico, California. The Butte County Board of Supervisors ruled against the permit.

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ULC Minister Entangled in Tennessee Prayer Dispute

July 24th, 2012

A Universal Life Church minister has found himself embroiled in a conflict over prayer in government in Tennessee. Hamilton County commissioners re-scheduled Eddie Bridges's invocation.

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The ULC Monastery Supports Google's "Legalize Love" Campaign

July 13th, 2012

In one of the boldest moves of its kind, Google has launched a global campaign to promote safer conditions for LGBT people in and out of the workplace.

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Mormons Leave Church in Mass Renunciation Ceremony

July 5th, 2012

A rather unusual type of mass religious rite took place 30 June in the U.S. city of Salt Lake City. In a bold show of resistance to the authority, 150 people left the LDS Church in droves.

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