Re: [UUPoly-L] Report from PNWD AGM

["Desmond Ravenstone" <gentlemonster@lycos.com>]

   With all due respect to Kathleen (who may be speaking for the official

   UUPA position), *I* am not asking only for "awareness, not acceptance

   or activism". I think acceptance of consensual poly is pretty clearly

   supported by UU principles, and therefore I (again, personally ... I

   don't speak for UUPA) want UUs to learn about and accept poly as a

   valid life choice to be celebrated in our congregations.

   OTOH I don't think any of us would accept the "cheap grace" of being
   "accepted" without a clear understanding of what is and is not polyamory
   -- a back-handed "Yeah, sure, you can come in, we don't care." I want
   people to care. I want people to challenge me, and be challenged. I want
   the kind of active awareness and discernment which embodies a free and
   responsible search for meaning and truth. To me, genuine acceptance is not
   possible without the prerequisite of awareness.

   Desmond Ravenstone

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