Rainbow UU -
Welcoming Congregation Committee
The Rainbow UU at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair,
is an open and affirming group committed to the promotion of a positive
image for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersexed, and
Questioning (LGBTIQ) community and a supportive environment for
LGBTIQ individuals, friends, and family.
For the past five years, the Rainbow UU has been providing a safe,
fun, and friendly space through its Rainbow GAME NIGHTS.
Join us on the third Saturday of the month from 7:00 to 9:00 PM
in the Peierls Room (2nd Floor) where you can draw out artist within
through a game of Pictionary; stretch your imagination with clay
sculpting in a game of Cranium; or play a game of cards. Play games
of strategy and skills or just silly fun. You are welcome to bring
your favorite game.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Suggested donation $3.
[Please note for the 2009-2010 year, Game Night will not be
held in December, June, July, and August]
On the Sunday after Game Night, meet up for a brown bag lunch and
conversation in Fletcher Hall following the second service. In addition
to the fun-filled game nights, the Rainbow UUnion is developing
a Rainbow UU area in the Narthex of the congregation to let LGBT
visitors know about our welcoming congregation and community; organizing
greeters at Sunday services to welcome LGBT folks; and developing
a library of LGBT books.
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Are you married? Would you like to be? If you are in love with
someone who is the same gender as you, you are banned from getting
married in Oregon, California, Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Idaho,
Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado,
Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan,
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida,
South Carolina, and Virginia. You don't have to be homosexual to
recognize that the right to marry is a human right. As UU's, we
strive to promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person.
The Rainbow UU encourages you to show your support for LOVE EQUALITY
by participating in our letter writing campaign supporting marriage
equality on New Jersey. We've written a letter that you are welcome
to sign and you may bring your return address labels to make it
even easier. Join us in standing on the side of love.
Other events include sponsoring a panel discussion on civil rights
and gay rights with the American Civil Liberties Union; fundraising
for LGBTIQ community displaced by Hurricane Katrina, and a Sunday
Service focusing on the human rights of the LGBTIQ persons worldwide.
Join us on the web at our yahoo group: RainbowUUnion
For more information or if you can lend a hand, please contact
us:
To find out what's happening in the Rainbow UUnion, please sign
up for our Yahoo Group listserv by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RainbowUUnion/.
Click the "Join This Group" button to sign up! Once you're
an approved member, you can begin reading and posting messages.
WELCOME!!
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Montclair UU's Washington D.C. March
For Marriage Equality and Support of GLBT Issues
Below are photos of UUCM members and friends at
the National Equality March in Washington, D.C. on October 11, 2009,
where people gathered to let our elected leaders know that now is
the time for full equal rights for LGBT people.
Rev. Charlie Ortman with UUA President Peter Morales
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