Re: [UUPoly-L] up to 27 so far

[Erich Moraine <emoraine108@gmail.com>]

My congregation just went through part of the process of becoming a
welcoming congregation. There are bylaws language examples offered by the
UUA but it seems that itis up to the individual congregation to decide the
specific meaning and language.

Erich


On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 7:42 PM, Scott <sesnow@verizon.net> wrote:

>   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.
>
>   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.
>
>   Sciott.
>
>   On Jul 21, 2009, Valerie White <valerie@valeriewhite.org> wrote:
>
>     At 12:20 PM 7/21/2009, Richard Torstrick wrote:
>     >Hello from UU of Bloomington, IN.
>     >
>     >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).
>
>     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.
>
>     V
>
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