Re: [UUPoly-L] the IA allegations

[Carrie Vine <cvinex5@yahoo.com>]

Valerie,
   
  I think it is wonderful you are working with the OWL program. I have actually been asked by a couple of members of my community to NOT teach OWL. They say that parents would have a "problem" with it. I am somewhat broken hearted, because I have taught that age group for a very long while. I have a very strong repore with the kids, and feel I could do a good job. 
  However, my polyamorous lifestyle was "pushed" out of the closet last December by a member of the congregation that felt it was utterly wrong and decided to go through the membership directory and call people one by one. I was President at the time and she said I could not possibly be representing Unitarian Universalists in a positive manner with that kind of sexual behavior. I seriously thought about resigning, but most people in the congregation stood by me as I had to fully explain myself. I talked to all the board members individually to explain the situation before it got out of hand. It was a very painful experience and I would love for everyone to be more educated (which we are working on).
   
  Anyway... I think polyamory is a very important aspect of the OWL program, and definitely needs to be addressed at UUA.
   
  Carrie

Valerie White <valerie@valeriewhite.org> wrote:
  Storm is right about our contacts with leadership. Moderator Gini 
Courter attended Tom's and my workshop in Quebec, and spoke in a 
friendly fashion to me afterwards. During Bill Sinkford's campaign 
for UUA president, Jasmine and Tom and I approached him at Interweave 
Convo in Arlington, and asked him what his position would be should 
UUPA apply for affiliate status, and he said he would support it . . 
. he had poly friends, he said. One former UUA trustee, now a member 
of the GA planning commission, is a member of my congregation, where 
I am completely out, and has never even hinted that she is hostile to 
my lifestyle.

Oh, and you might want to know that just today I was invited to 
participate in an alternative-sexuality panel as the polyamory person 
AT 25 BEACON for an OWL Trainer training. Marshall Miller of the 
Alternatives to Marriage Project is the person who asked me.

Valerie

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