{"id":1707,"date":"2015-06-07T18:04:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T22:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.uuatheme.org\/?page_id=1707"},"modified":"2019-12-14T12:05:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T20:05:42","slug":"an-lgbtq-welcome-congregation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stanuu.org\/uufsc\/about-us\/an-lgbtq-welcome-congregation","title":{"rendered":"An LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2423 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/demo.uuatheme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/welcoming-congregation-420x330.jpg?resize=197%2C155&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"welcoming-congregation\" width=\"197\" height=\"155\">We are a Welcoming Congregation, recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association. This means we affirm and include people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer at every level of congregational life\u2014in worship, in program, and in social occasions\u2014welcoming them as whole people.<a href=\"http:\/\/demo.uuatheme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/welcoming-congregation.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a Welcoming Congregation we have pledged to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>honor the lives of all people and equally affirm displays of caring and affection without regard for sexual orientation.<\/li>\n<li>celebrate diversity by using inclusive language and content in worship.<\/li>\n<li>incorporate an understanding of the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, &nbsp;transgender, and queer persons throughout all of our programs, including religious education.<\/li>\n<li>affirm and celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues and history.<\/li>\n<li>affirm marriage equality and conduct same-sex weddings.<\/li>\n<li>advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people, promoting justice, freedom, and equality in the larger society. We speak out when the rights and dignity of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer people are at stake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are a Welcoming Congregation, recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association. This means we affirm and include people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer at every level of congregational life\u2014in worship, in program, and in social occasions\u2014welcoming them as whole people. As a Welcoming Congregation we have pledged to: honor the lives of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stanuu.org\/uufsc\/about-us\/an-lgbtq-welcome-congregation\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">An LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1705,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1707","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation - UU Fellowship of Stanislaus County<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stanuu.org\/uufsc\/about-us\/an-lgbtq-welcome-congregation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"An LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation - UU Fellowship of Stanislaus County\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are a Welcoming Congregation, recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association. 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