Re: [UUPoly-L] Congregations

Toni Coles <ajcoles@gmail.com> · Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:24:49 -0000

I've been hesitating to reply because I have left the congregation I was a
member of due to another matter.  I still identify as UU but one presently
without a congregation.

 The "official" stance of the congregation is that it is welcoming towards
ploy & the minister openly states that. There are members who aren't
accepting of poly & subtly let me know that.

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> From: Mist <mistmtn26@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [UUPoly-L] Results to date
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> Waiving back to you Anita -- Greetings.? Misty
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> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:42:19 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Scott <sesnow@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [UUPoly-L] up to 27 so far
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>   Is it not the case that theA  decision to become a "welcoming"
>   congregation, and what that means in practiceA  - like pretty much
>   everything else in UU - is up to the congregation, *not* the minister? I
>   am pretty sure it's not any UU minister's business to define limits for
>   the meaning of "welcoming congregation" for their congregation.
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>   The minister may have felt - or even known from experience -A  that the
>   congregation as a whole - or influential members thereof - would not
>   condone polyamory.
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>   Sciott.
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>   On Jul 21, 2009, Valerie White <valerie@valeriewhite.org> wrote:
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>     At 12:20 PM 7/21/2009, Richard Torstrick wrote:
>     >Hello from UU of Bloomington, IN.
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>     >I'm a friend of polys. I know practicing polys here, too. This is a
>     >"welcoming" congregation, but I learned in a conversation with a
> pastor
>     that
>     >this does NOT officially extend to polys (and will not, as long as
> this
>     >pastor is here, I gather).
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>     I met the co-ministers of this church at GA . . . I'm very surprised
>     to hear this. I didn't discuss polyamory with them, but generally
>     they struck me as mensches.
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>     V
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> Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:49:17 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Scott <sesnow@verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [UUPoly-L] Results to date
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>   First Parish in Framingham (Massachusetts).
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>   My wife and I are not "out" to the congregation.
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>   On Jul 21, 2009, Valerie White <valerie@valeriewhite.org> wrote:
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>     So far, 64 congregations have been named, in 31 states, including the
>     Church of the larger Fellowship and the Church of the Younger
>     Fellowship. Several people listed more than one congregation, and
>     several congregations were reported by more than one
>     respondent. California, Virginia and Massachusetts are the most
>     mentioned states, but several of the VA congregations were listed by
>     one respondent.
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>     This is very important information, I think. The last I heard there
>     were 300 plus subscribers to this list . . . so how many
>     congregations have not been reported? If 63 UU congregations have
>     poly people in the pews JUST FROM THIS LIST, denominational leaders
>     must sit up and take notice that we are here and we are not going
>     away. And I know there are poly UU's who are not on this list. I
>     know there are poly folk associated with the congregations in Medford
>     and Salem, MA.
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>     Any more responses?
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> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:41:31 -0400
> From: Valerie White <valerie@valeriewhite.org>
> Subject: [UUPoly-L] more responses about congregations?
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> I've had a couple requests to have people respond to me directly . .
> . I rather thought it was possible to "reply to sender" rather than
> "reply to list" already, but I have no objection to folks knowing my
> email address, especially since it is that of the Sexual Freedom
> Legal Defense Fund (q.v.).  valerie@valeriewhite.org
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> BTW, we have 75 congregations so far.
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