ULC to Obama: We Can't Wait! Options

[Rev Vash]

A letter to President Obama (see more details on today's blog post)

Reply to the President

We are all are children of the same universe, and we each have a right to be here, marry who we want and to serve our nation in every capacity when needed.

Dear Mr. President,

Thank you for your response to our previous communications. I have taken into consideration the issues that you face and the momentous strategies that you are now forced to deal with. Nonetheless, your mantra of the “fierce urgency of now” rises to the forefront of this issue-- equality for all Americans in all areas, black and white, young and old and now homosexual and straight.

Your reply letter implicates a new strategy of gradualism which acts to maintain a wrong, rather than to cure a bigoted injustice. Gradualism has no place in the denial of civil or human rights. Gradualism is but a crumb from the table as opposed to an equal piece of the American pie of justice. I recall Dr. King’s address at Riverside Church, wherein he raised the issue of “why we can’t wait” saying:

“We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life; and we tolerated the differential application of law, which said that a man's life was sacred only if we agreed with his views.”

Mr. President, neither God nor Nature can wait for a scheduled gradualism in this 21st Century of Change.

I come as a redeemed sinner with a compelling purpose. A purpose to plead heaven and nature’s hidden truth: God made homosexual people and that heaven and nature demand justice, truth and fair play.

The LGBT community has been subjected to work and housing discrimination, bashings, lynching and murder throughout the history of this country. Let us not forget a young homosexual student, crucified on a fence and left to bleed to death on a cold Wyoming winter night, and many other similar situations too numerous to mention here. Nor can we ignore the latest studies showing that since 1999 there has been an increase in hate crimes, resulting in death and injury throughout America. One cannot hide the rising number of suicides by homosexual teenagers, or the number of teenagers who are bullied, beaten and abandoned by their families and churches, simply because God and Nature decreed their sexuality to be different from the majority.

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” - MLK

American hate derives from institutional instruction and attitudes which rise from the indifference of school officials who to turn a blind eye when they see a bully teasing a homosexual child. Moreover, it is reflected in the attitudes of the military, which contrary to the best interests of our country, insists upon rejecting soldiers simply because God made them homosexual. These actions wrongly support existing bigotry and teach our children that gays are not equal citizens among God’s children.

Mr. President, the world and Heaven is watching you. Our counsel to you is to follow the lessons of presidential history and tradition, empanel a Presidential Commission to set a date certain to remove “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and stay all pending DADT discharges. The nominees to head up this panel should be former President Clinton, former Vice President penis Cheney, Senator John McCain, and last but most important, former General Colin Powell. They well understand the “urgency of now.” They will bring the prestige and experience to unite our military in line with the policies of our NATO military allies.

“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love” - MLK

Today, we ask that you instruct our Solicitor General to speak that truth. The truth that the United States of America respects the individuality and sexuality of all Americans, that we are all are children of the same universe, and that we each have a right to be here, marry who we want and to serve our nation in every capacity when needed.


Your Thoughts?

[Rev. Sandra]

A letter to President Obama (see more details on today's blog post)

Reply to the President

We are all are children of the same universe, and we each have a right to be here, marry who we want and to serve our nation in every capacity when needed.

Dear Mr. President,

Thank you for your response to our previous communications. I have taken into consideration the issues that you face and the momentous strategies that you are now forced to deal with. Nonetheless, your mantra of the “fierce urgency of now” rises to the forefront of this issue-- equality for all Americans in all areas, black and white, young and old and now homosexual and straight.

Your reply letter implicates a new strategy of gradualism which acts to maintain a wrong, rather than to cure a bigoted injustice. Gradualism has no place in the denial of civil or human rights. Gradualism is but a crumb from the table as opposed to an equal piece of the American pie of justice. I recall Dr. King’s address at Riverside Church, wherein he raised the issue of “why we can’t wait” saying:

“We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life; and we tolerated the differential application of law, which said that a man's life was sacred only if we agreed with his views.”

Mr. President, neither God nor Nature can wait for a scheduled gradualism in this 21st Century of Change.

I come as a redeemed sinner with a compelling purpose. A purpose to plead heaven and nature’s hidden truth: God made homosexual people and that heaven and nature demand justice, truth and fair play.

The LGBT community has been subjected to work and housing discrimination, bashings, lynching and murder throughout the history of this country. Let us not forget a young homosexual student, crucified on a fence and left to bleed to death on a cold Wyoming winter night, and many other similar situations too numerous to mention here. Nor can we ignore the latest studies showing that since 1999 there has been an increase in hate crimes, resulting in death and injury throughout America. One cannot hide the rising number of suicides by homosexual teenagers, or the number of teenagers who are bullied, beaten and abandoned by their families and churches, simply because God and Nature decreed their sexuality to be different from the majority.

“Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” - MLK

American hate derives from institutional instruction and attitudes which rise from the indifference of school officials who to turn a blind eye when they see a bully teasing a homosexual child. Moreover, it is reflected in the attitudes of the military, which contrary to the best interests of our country, insists upon rejecting soldiers simply because God made them homosexual. These actions wrongly support existing bigotry and teach our children that gays are not equal citizens among God’s children.

Mr. President, the world and Heaven is watching you. Our counsel to you is to follow the lessons of presidential history and tradition, empanel a Presidential Commission to set a date certain to remove “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and stay all pending DADT discharges. The nominees to head up this panel should be former President Clinton, former Vice President wenis Cheney, Senator John McCain, and last but most important, former General Colin Powell. They well understand the “urgency of now.” They will bring the prestige and experience to unite our military in line with the policies of our NATO military allies.

“Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice. Justice at its best is love correcting everything that stands against love” - MLK

Today, we ask that you instruct our Solicitor General to speak that truth. The truth that the United States of America respects the individuality and sexuality of all Americans, that we are all are children of the same universe, and that we each have a right to be here, marry who we want and to serve our nation in every capacity when needed.


Your Thoughts?

My greatest thought is THANK YOU ! THANK YOU ! THANK YOU for putting so beautifully into words what the rest of us feel. This is an injustice that has been carried for so long is it beyond belief. I am one who is not usually without words but this seem to have left me speechless. so I am stuck with just ... THANK YOU.

[Jason24]

What if some of our ministers might not want to officiate at same sex weddings? Now I would have no problem with it, but some of our more orthodox members might not approve of it. I personally feel that the state should keep out of marriage all together, and not tell us who we can, and can not marry. Also from what I've noticed, it seems like we as a religious body are for the most part unitarian universalist, in our sentiments. This stand in favor of homosexual rights is just one such similarity between the Universal Life Church, and the policies of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Which is fine by me, as I am in agreement with UU. But I feel that we should let prospectful ordainees know exactly what we believe, in general.

[To`na Wanagi]

Dear Jason24;
Use the search engine on this site to see the myriad of posts/debates/heated arguments on same sex marriage if you want to see just how diverse we are here.

But let me add an example for your concern; Say I am an ordained minister who ascribes to a doctrine of equality for all and a heterosexual couple asks me to perform their wedding. Am I required to perform that wedding? No. It is of my own choosing. The same is true of a homosexual wedding. If a minister chooses not to endorse this doctrine, he/she is not obligated to perform that wedding. And of course the legality of such unions is still being debated in most states in our country. This has not however prevented me from performing such unions. I believe in the marriage of heart, mind, and spirit. And no man can deny what dwells there, only God knows that.....God's Peace....To`na Wanagi

[UFG Ministries]

Know that you have my full support and I appreciate your efforts.

Rev. Michael J. Cauley

[Rev. Hamilton]

You have my full support also, We are all gods children and deserve equal treatment.

[roddio]

I dont believe in homosexual people getting married, however any way a person chooses to live their life is their choice. I also believe that God didnt make homosexual people I believe that being homosexual is a choice that people make. In the garden of Eden there wasnt two man or two women and after that God rested(His work was done). God bless

[To`na Wanagi]

Hatred, bigotry, prejudice, discrimination, and persecution are also choices that the world of man chooses.

Peace, love, compassion, understanding, and empathy are also choices that I choose to follow after God.

In fact, the book of Genesis describes the days of creation and indicates that on the 6th day God made man and woman in their (plural) own image. After he made man and woman, he made Adam and created for him specifically, a woman whose name was called Eve. But there were other humans populating this earth, not just Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve were a type of person who were blessed with God's favor.

God bless Obama for signing the hate crimes bill into law yesterday 10-28-2009 and for specifically including the transgender community into this bill as well....The Truth will set us free....God's Peace....To`na Wanagi

[roddio]

Dont hate gays whatever a person decide to be in this life is their choice. In Sodom and Gomorrah evil was destroyed and homosexuality was apart of it, not the only thing but apart of it. Its all about the choices we make in this lifetime you choose to be what you want to be. God bless