tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post6219771660603903749..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: Does Senator Scott Brown represent the Unitarian Universalists of Massachusetts?David G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-50365995444154717782010-01-23T12:33:34.292-05:002010-01-23T12:33:34.292-05:00Steve Caldwell said: "Unitarian Universalists...Steve Caldwell said: "Unitarian Universalists are not that prevalent even in Massachusetts. . . The best available demographic data I can find says that Unitarian Universalists are 1% of the state's population. I doubt that 1% of the voters would have made that much of a difference here."<br /><br />Translation: Adherents of the "tiny, declining, fringe religion" known as Unitarian*Universalism aka U*Uism have vitually no political clout, no matter how much they might like to *pretend* otherwise, even in the heartland of the U*U World aka Massachusetts. Liberal Catholics almost certainly have much more political clout these days than Unitarians, even in Massachusetts. . . <br /><br />Can U*Us say Kennedy?Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-91944040264928893272010-01-23T12:27:33.642-05:002010-01-23T12:27:33.642-05:00"Who was it that said that evil prevails when..."Who was it that said that evil prevails when good people do nothing?"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&channel=s&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&hs=vUP&q=%22Robin+Edgar%22+and+good+Unitarians+who+do+nothing.+.+.&btnG=Search&meta=&aq=f&oq=" rel="nofollow">The Emerson Avenger</a> amongst others. . . although that saying is often attributed to one <a href="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edmund_Burke" rel="nofollow">Edmund Burke</a><br /><br />BTW I could be mkistaken but didn't the UUA's "resigned" Congregational Services Director <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2009/03/rev-dr-tracey-robinson-harris-resigns.html" rel="nofollow">Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris</a> and Director of Ministry <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2009/01/rev-beth-miller-director-of-uua.html" rel="nofollow">Rev. Beth Miller</a> both say that "Anally impaling people on the Statue of Liberty's torch is an enhanced humiliation technique; it's not clergy misconduct"? Or <a href="http://emersonavenger.blogspot.com/2007/01/how-rev-dr-tracey-robinson-harris.html" rel="nofollow">words to that effect</a>. . .Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-3143151447032934032010-01-23T09:25:38.227-05:002010-01-23T09:25:38.227-05:00David,
Unitarian Universalists are not that preva...David,<br /><br />Unitarian Universalists are not that prevalent even in Massachusetts:<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts#Religion<br /><br />http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/massachusetts/demographics.html<br /><br />The best available demographic data I can find says that Unitarian Universalists are 1% of the state's population.<br /><br />I doubt that 1% of the voters would have made that much of a difference here.<br /><br />Finally, there is very little that the denomination could have done in terms of partisan electoral politics -- churches and denominations are tax-exempt religious bodies and they are not supposed to endorse candidates.Steve Caldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333184436301854794noreply@blogger.com