Marriage Equality and LGBT Issues

WHY UU'S SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALITY 

Unitarian Universalists have been on the forefront of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights for decades.  The consistency and integrity of our justice claims sends a strong and steady message that advocacy for equal rights for all is a sustainable faith principle.  

We believe in freedom and justice for all, without reservation or judgment of being, because we affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person.  We are each born a unique gesture of creation that has the sacred right to thrive in our fullness.  How can we deny the healing power of love in another’s life?  We are not in charge of another’s being or choice in loving: we are given the opportunity to grow in wisdom and knowledge as we encounter one another.

We do this by practicing justice, equity and compassion in human relations.  We do not fully understand one another at all times, so we must rely on the discipline of regarding each life as sacred and beyond our full understanding. We are also helped in our journey toward understanding justice by our respect for the interdependent web of all existence.  Diversity is survival.  Just as eco-systems rely on diverse beings to activate a full and healthy living system, so must we empower diversity within our communities and world in order to come to a healthy, thriving, fullness of life.  

"UULM-MD LGBT Task Force Chair the Rev. Lisa Ward supports marriage equality at an Equality Maryland Lobby Day Rally."