As the Washington State Legislature holds hearings on a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in that state, social conservatives have ramped up their campaign against homosexuality and LGBT rights. The National Org ...

Category: Equal Rights Social Equality

In a recent blog entry titled "10 Reasons Why Homophobia Makes No Sense (Part 1)", we attempted to refute five arguments used to justify homophobia and deny LGBT people equal rights. Here we will attempt to refute the re ...

Category: Equal Rights Human Rights Politics Social Equality Citizens Rights

American marriage laws are confusing; they vary greatly from state to state - and even from county to county in some states - and can be subject to spontaneous and arbitrary changes if a judge or attorney general decides ...

Category: Weddings

Many Universal Life Church ministers find that the couples whose marriage ceremonies they perform look for the means to immortalize their love and commitment in ways beyond the banal county and/or state government docume ...

Category: Ministry Products

Svenska ministrar - hej från den universella livet kyrkan! Several months' worth of casual observation has led the Universal Life Church to notice that our free online ordination is becoming increasingly popular in S ...

Category: Sweden

A notice for Universal Life Church ministers who are looking to perform marriage ceremonies in the State of Tennessee: It has come to the attention of the ULC Ministries that our ministers occasionally experience issu ...

Category: Weddings

The Swedish government has officially recognized a new religion founded on the practice of file-sharing, called "Kopimism". Kopimists subscribe to the tenet that information and knowledge are sacred; for them the act of ...

Category: Equal Rights Freedom of Religion Religion Social Justice Spirituality

The governor of the State of Washington, the state where the Universal Life Church Ministries is located, has begun an impassioned push for gay marriage. As we have indicated many times before, the ULC firmly supports ma ...

Category: Gay Weddings Weddings

A quick note for Universal Life Church ministers who are planning on performing wedding ceremonies in Louisiana: It has recently come to the attention of the ULC Ministries staff that some Louisiana parishes (counties) ...

Category: Weddings

News broke on December 12 that Lady Gaga, pop music sensation and "Mother Monster" to millions of "monster" fans, is looking to become legally ordained online in order to perform a gay wedding ceremony for her frien ...

Category: Weddings