The Unitarian Universalist Association's own curriculum page recounting its organizational history of LGBT inclusion from the 1970 non-discrimination resolution through the first openly gay minister called in 1979 and the 1984 affirmation of services of union for same-sex couples.
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The UUA's own published curriculum, stating its own organization's history of specific, named, dated actions (resolutions, called ministers) in its own voice, with no publication year given on the page itself so that field is left unset rather than guessed. NotesStates that the 1970 General Assembly passed a resolution to end discrimination against homosexuals and bisexuals; that Rev. Douglas Morgan Strong became the first openly gay man called to serve a Unitarian Universalist congregation in 1979 (All Souls Church, Augusta, Maine); that the 1980 General Assembly urged congregations and the UUA to assist in the settlement of qualified openly gay, lesbian and bisexual religious leaders; and that the 1984 General Assembly voted to affirm the growing practice of some ministers conducting services of union for gay and lesbian couples.
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Custodian BodyUnitarian Universalist Association
Custodian BasisThe denomination's own published curriculum, recounting its own organizational history in its own voice.
Citation
PublisherUnitarian Universalist Association
URLhttps://www.uua.org/lifespan/curricula/resistance/workshop15/history-uu-lgbt-support
Source TypeOfficial denominational history
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