tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140116430796777887.post4931961137256304973..comments2023-05-16T00:19:10.534-07:00Comments on One More Step | Reverend Ricky Hoyt: UUA President Bill Sinkford says Goodbye to the UUMARick Hoyt-McDanielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09466114281907605221noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140116430796777887.post-143079569417447542009-06-27T19:05:33.540-07:002009-06-27T19:05:33.540-07:00Sorry Jaume, but if African Unitarians or indeed e...Sorry Jaume, but if African Unitarians or indeed ever so capital W White <a href="http://www.google.ca/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=Deutsche+Unitarier+Nazis.+.+.&meta=&btnG=Google+Search" rel="nofollow">well-fed German Unitarians</a> want to be considered to be Unitarian*Universalists then their religious beliefs and practices need to be fully compatible with the claimed principles and purposes and other ideals of Unitarian*Universalism. I do not consider alleged Nazi Unit-Aryans to be true Unitarian*Universalists and AFAIAC homophobia is incompatible with the established principles and purposes of U*Uism. If African U*Us suddenly decided to stone homosexuals to death or to engage in inter-tribal genocide as in Rwanda would you have the gall to say "African Unitarianism will be what African Unitarians want it to be"? I think not. Or at least I hope not. . .Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140116430796777887.post-74588809429871535582009-06-27T02:40:42.304-07:002009-06-27T02:40:42.304-07:00Sorry, Robin, but the UUA is not expanding in Afri...Sorry, Robin, but the UUA is not expanding in Africa, so your question about the Seven Principles is out of touch with reality. African Unitarianism will be what African Unitarians want it to be, and I hope that Americans or any other patronizing white well-fed people do not attempt to interfere in African internal affairs and development.Jaume de Marcos Andreuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335914984366835391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140116430796777887.post-90100693746091810712009-06-24T22:37:21.483-07:002009-06-24T22:37:21.483-07:00And UUA President Bill Sinkford's rather dubio...And UUA President Bill Sinkford's rather dubious U*U "diplomacy" with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is nothing to write home about either, not that this prevented the UUA from <a href="http://www.uua.org/news/newssubmissions/120089.shtml" rel="nofollow">crowing about it on the UUA website</a> and in the <a href="http://www.uuworld.org/news/articles/120216.shtml" rel="nofollow">UU World</a>. I dare say that President Sinkford seems to be awfully quiet about Iran these days for some reason. Perhaps it has something to do with how Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and/or Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei answered his ever so "diplomatic" questions recently. . . What were those questions U*Us ask? <br /><br />"The reports we receive about the treatment of women and political dissidents in Iran raise questions and concerns for us. Is Iran moving towards allowing its citizens more freedom of choice and affiliation? Is the government working towards equality for women in public life? Are protections being created for citizens who identify with different political parties, religious beliefs, and sexual orientations?"Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140116430796777887.post-70976125182269800752009-06-24T09:42:49.998-07:002009-06-24T09:42:49.998-07:00If my memory serves me well, and I am pretty sure ...If my memory serves me well, and I am pretty sure that it does, President William G. Sinkford has by no means served the U*U movement well when it comes to dealing responsibly with clergy misconduct of various kinds. Far from it. . . AFAIAC President Bill Sinkford and the UUA administration of 2001-2009 repeatedly dropped the ball on this important issue and abjectly failed, if not obstinately refused, to stand on the side of love for victims of clergy misconduct perpetrated by U*U ministers and perpetuated by the UUA and implicated U*U congregations. To my knowledge virtually no restorative justice has actually been provided to victims of clergy misconduct of all kinds, including victims of clergy sexual misconduct, even though the UUA has been promising Restorative Justice For All since before Rev. William G. Sinkford was elected as UUA President. AFAIAC President Bill Sinkford leaves a legacy of neglect and failure when it comes to his record on addressing clergy misconduct.Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2140116430796777887.post-40034492414259140532009-06-24T09:31:53.049-07:002009-06-24T09:31:53.049-07:00"He responded to a question about homophobia ..."He responded to a question about homophobia in Africa by saying that this needs to be a point of dialogue between American and African churches."<br /><br />Yet another example of denial and avoidance on the part of President Bill Sinkford. . . I wonder if President Sinkford even dared to initiate some serious dialogue about this issue with African U*Us when he was in Africa? The article about <a href="http://www.uuworld.org/life/articles/141815.shtml" rel="nofollow">U*Uism in Africa</a> in the U*U World made it abundantly clear that the leaders of the U*U community in Kenya and other parts of Africa were by no means accepting of GBLT people. This attitude and behavior clearly disregards or even violates several of the Seven Principles of U*Uism. Are President Bill Sinkford and other U*U religious leaders prepared to seriously compromise U*U principles and purposes in order to have some dubious international "growth" of U*Uism in Africa? Apparently so. . .Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com