Re: [UUPoly-L] Report from PNWD AGM

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

   Laura,

   Yes. I have had first hand experience with this from the minister to the
   congregants

   themselves... Blatant, in-your-face non-acceptance! My SO has lumped (and
   rightly so)

   UUism with the other intolerant religions...

   Mr Y

   Laura Stewart <mathlaura@gmail.com> wrote:

   Have people actually experienced non-acceptance at UU congregations?

   There is also the "middle ground" of not-so-benign neglect -- changing the
   subject and ignoring or avoiding the issue. It is neither acceptance nor
   non-acceptance ... and certainly not awareness. Is it done out of a hope
   that the issue (be it poly or kink) will quietly go away? Or perhaps it is
   the person's mistaken idea of tolerance? Whatever the motivation, it's as
   uproductive as rejection, but without the clear stand that rejection
   provides.

   Desmond Ravenstone

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