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The Rev. Theresa Novak, minister of the 100-member Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden, Utah, has heard the questions: “What’s it like being UU in Utah? Doesn’t the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints dominate everything? Don’t other religious groups feel intimidated?” To which she replies, “This is a great place to be a Unitarian Universalist.” Several thousand Unitarian Universalists will converge on Salt Lake City in a few weeks for the Unitarian Universalist Association’s annual General Assembly, June 24–28. We’ll bring our luggage, some sunscreen, and maybe a misconception or two. What is it really like being UU in...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Hoping to breach the walls of supposedly liberal colleges and universities with intellectual ammunition, the Center of the American Experiment recently launched a new Web site for conservative college students. Center CEO Annette Meeks said the Web site (www.intellectualtakeout.com) is the first of its kind and is intended to ''support free exchange of ideas on campus.''''The point is not to indoctrinate students,'' she said, but to ''expose students to points of view not readily available in the classroom.'' While most of the site is informational, it also has an edgier feature called the ''Daily Dish.'' The debut...