Davidium
Active Member
Hey all,
I recently gave a presentation here at the UU Fellowship on an upcoming vote on a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage (and might ban marriage entirely) here in the state of Texas.
I ran a copy of my remarks by Lilithu and Maize here, because I wanted their independent opinion before I presented them.
Today, selections from my speach on the issue were used in an article in our local paper on the proposed amendment. Since Maize and Lilithu helped me vette the speach, and because UU is mentioned, I thought I would share the article with you.
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c2d66998c7911fe0
If anyone is interested in the text of the speech, here it is ...
http://dynamicdeism.org/tpst/viewtopic.php?t=106
The Southwestern UU District, as well as many of the UU Churches in Texas have signed on as official faith sponsors of the effort to defeat this amendment. We have two weeks, and are working hard. In fact, we will be beginning a media push tomorrow that may even be heard outside of Texas.
I will let you know why after the campaign rolls out.
Many people wonder what we mean by "faith in action" and "faith through deeds"... this is a part of it. But this is not "Social Action" but rather it is "Social Witness".
Yours in faith,
David
I recently gave a presentation here at the UU Fellowship on an upcoming vote on a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriage (and might ban marriage entirely) here in the state of Texas.
I ran a copy of my remarks by Lilithu and Maize here, because I wanted their independent opinion before I presented them.
Today, selections from my speach on the issue were used in an article in our local paper on the proposed amendment. Since Maize and Lilithu helped me vette the speach, and because UU is mentioned, I thought I would share the article with you.
http://galvestondailynews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=c2d66998c7911fe0
If anyone is interested in the text of the speech, here it is ...
http://dynamicdeism.org/tpst/viewtopic.php?t=106
The Southwestern UU District, as well as many of the UU Churches in Texas have signed on as official faith sponsors of the effort to defeat this amendment. We have two weeks, and are working hard. In fact, we will be beginning a media push tomorrow that may even be heard outside of Texas.
I will let you know why after the campaign rolls out.
Many people wonder what we mean by "faith in action" and "faith through deeds"... this is a part of it. But this is not "Social Action" but rather it is "Social Witness".
Yours in faith,
David
