[Alex Murphy]

Most mainline Protestant churches in the city have an identity to the left of the LDS, he said. “Some of my closest colleagues are Presbyterians and Lutherans. The LDS represent a monolithic conservative block. And then there’s the rest of us. Which means that UUs are not the one saving grace of the liberal spirit in Salt Lake City.”....

....Salt Lake City itself has changed since the last General Assembly there, in 1999, thanks in part to the 2002 Winter Olympics, said the Rev. Tom Goldsmith, minister of the city’s 350-member First Unitarian Church. “There’s a growing sophistication in restaurants, art galleries, theaters. And we have a light rail system now.” Salt Lake City also has one of the largest per capita LGBTQ populations in the country, Goldsmith said.

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I guess ... especially if you really, really like the letter “u.”

[AppyPappy]

100 member church and she gets sited in an article. Usually, you have to get arrested at a Klan rally for that to happen.

[alarm rider]

I heard that several “UU” members locally were taken with fainting spells when someone accidently mentioned the “Bible” and “God”.

[SoDak]

“The media are always looking to balance their stories with our perspectives. Our influence in Salt Lake City is so disproportionate to our numbers it is amazing.”

This is pretty much true wherever these people are.

[Veto!]

Salt Lake City also has one of the largest per capita LGBTQ populations in the country

Didn't know that. Thought L.G. Beetieque was a vegetarian cookbook writer.

[GOP_Raider]

Not a surprise to me. I’m in SLC quite frequently and I have a few friends who are Unitarians. Strangely enough they’re also ex-Mormons and flaming liberals to boot.

[BlessedMom92]

If you believe in nothing, you’ll believe in anything.

[WorkingClassFilth]

My best UU joke:

A UU evangelist is out door knocking. He comes up to a house, knocks on the door and when the owner answers he says “I’m so and so with the UU church. Have you got a moment to discuss spiritual matters?” The homeowner agrees to his request and the UU says “If I were to die tonight, where would I go and what do I believe?”

[MEGoody]

There is also less hate against gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people in Utah than in many other places,

Translation: There are fewer people in Utah who stand up for Godly principles.

[T Minus Four]

Theresa Novak

Theresa and her life partner, Anne Spatola, have been together since January 1975. They have three college-aged children.

[Gay State Conservative]

Unitarian/Universalists=atheists with nothing better to do on a Sunday morning.

[Tennessee Nana]

Several thousand Unitarian Universalists will converge on Salt Lake City

About half of the members of his congregation are ex-Mormons, Dennison noted. Novak estimated that 30 to 40 percent of her congregation are in that category. Dennison’s congregation has a Religious Transition Group, primarily for people leaving the LDS church. Ex-Mormon Bill Dobbs, who organized the group six years ago and still runs it, says 25 to 30 people come each time. “When you leave the [LDS] church, you lose your community, your friends, sometimes even your family. I take great satisfaction in the work we do with this group. We give people a place where they’re accepted.”
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Interesting...

[Dumb_Ox]

This is a state where many legislators do not believe in global warming, where there is a high teen pregnancy rate...

How many Mormon girls get married and pregnant in their teens? More than in other areas, I'd guess.

Generally speaking, teen pregnancy is less of a problem than unmarried pregnancy.